16th century

December 23, 2017
On 23 December 1534, Elena Baiardi Commissioned Parmigianino to Paint an Altarpiece Honoring the Virgin and Child.

December 16, 2017
Livia della Rovere was born 16 December 1585 in Pesaro.

December 11, 2017
Bernardino Pinturicchio Died on 11 December 1513 in Siena.

November 6, 2017
On 6 November 1531 Il Sodoma Received a 10- Ducat Bonus.

November 3, 2017
Born On This day (3 November) in 1560: The Baroque Painter Annibale Carracci.

October 27, 2017
IAS-Sponsored Sessions Tomorrow (28 October) at Sixteenth Century Society Conference SCSC Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 26-29 October 2017 The Italian Art Society is sponsoring two sessions at this current SCSC conference in Milwaukee.

September 29, 2017
Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was likely born on 29 September 1571, for scholars agree that he was born in the fall of this year, and  29 September is the feast day of St. Michael the Archangel , Caravaggio’s namesake.

September 22, 2017
Alessandro Allori died 22 September in 1607 in Florence.

August 24, 2017
Parmigianino Died on 24 August 1540 in Casalmaggiore at age 37.

August 24, 2017
Lavinia Fontana was baptized on 24 August 1552 in Bologna.