Anne Leader

May 31, 2018
Venetian painter Jacopo Tintoretto died on 31 May 1594 in his native city.

May 31, 2018
Painter Alessandro Allori was born on 31 May 1535 in Florence.

May 29, 2018
On 29 May 1606, the great Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio killed Ranuccio Tommasoni in Rome.

May 28, 2018
Italian photographer, painter and designer Luigi Veronesi was born on 28 May 1908 in Milan.

May 5, 2018
Sculptor Pietro Bernini was born on 5 May 1562 in Sesto Fiorentino.

May 3, 2018
On 3 May 1525, the painter Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, also known as Il Sodoma , received a contract to paint a double-sided banner for the Compagnia di San Sebastiano in Camollia near Siena.

May 3, 2018
Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, theorist, and designer, was born on 3 May 1931 in Milan, the city where he spent a good portion of his career and died at age 66 in 1997.

May 2, 2018
Leonardo da Vinci died on 2 May 1519 in Amboise, France.

April 19, 2018
Paolo Caliari, known as Veronese after his birthplace, died on 19 April 1588 in Venice, where he spent the majority of his career.

April 6, 2018
Bolognese painter Domenico Zampieri, known as Domenichino, died on 6 April 1641, the same day as his one of his greatest heroes, Raphael , who also died on this day almost a century earlier.