16th century

February 5, 2017
The feast day of St. Agatha (231-251) is celebrated on 5 February.

January 19, 2017
Painter Paris Bordone died on 19 January 1571 in Venice, where he had spent the majority of his career.

January 14, 2017
Artist Francesco di Cristofano, better known as Franciabigio, died on 14 January, 1525, in his hometown of Florence at age 41.

November 26, 2016
Giovanni Bellini died on 26 November 1516 in Venice.

November 4, 2016
Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ Unveiled at Last in Florence Following years of restoration, Giorgio Vasari’s Last Supper (1546) was unveiled to the public today, 4 November, in the old cenacolo of Santa Croce in Florence.

Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ Unveiled at Last in Florence Following years of restoration, Giorgio Vasari’s Last Supper (1546) was unveiled to the public today, 4 November, in the old cenacolo of Santa Croce in Florence.

November 3, 2016
Happy Birthday Benvenuto Cellini !

October 20, 2016
Perino del Vaga died on 20 October 1547 in Rome at the age of 46.

October 17, 2016
Sculptor Baccio Bandinelli was born on 17 October 1493 in the Tuscan village of Gaiole in Chianti.

October 15, 2016
London National Gallery in Pursuit of Pontormo News out of England earlier this week suggests that London’s National Gallery is very close to raising the funds needed to acquire Jacopo Pontormo’s Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Cap (1530) .

October 12, 2016
On View: Marcantonio Raimondo and Raphael An exciting exhibition, entitled “ Marcantonio Raimondi and Raphael ” launched late last month at The Whitworth Gallery at the University of Manchester.