Fondo Oro Insider

Issue #1 · July 2026

Exhibitions, news and research on Italian gold-ground panel painting

Current exhibitions: Spain & Switzerland

Recommended publication

Giotto e San Francesco · Una rivoluzione nell’Umbria del Trecento - A cura di Veruska Picchiarelli, Emanuele Zappasodi, Silvana Editoriale, 2026, 496 pages, Catalogo mostra, ISBN: 9788836662920

Recommended publication

Christian Art of the Near East - Edited by Raphaëlle Ziadé, Abbeville Press, Published: Oct. 2026, 592 pages, Hardback, ISBN: 9780789215284

How Italian gold-ground Masters conquered the American heartland

Samuel Henry Kress - He amassed a world-class collection of early tempera-on-panel works.

Gold-ground Art Has Its Own Subreddit Now

Reddit - A community dedicated to gold-ground art from Italy, c. 1250–1430 — the Duecento, Trecento, and early Quattrocento.

Did you know? .. why does Christ look so unfamiliar here — neither infant nor man?

Only Luke tells one story from between Christ's infancy and his adult life. This gold-ground panel painting from Simone Martini is arguably the most important Trecento panel in Britain.

Fondo Oro Insider is the newsletter of Fondo Oro Magazine — the magazine for Italian gold-ground panel painting, c. 1250–1430.

Published continuously since 2026 · ISSN 3055-3717 · Catalogued in ZDB and the German National Library

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