17th Century

February 10, 2019
Carlo Ceresa was long believed to have died on 10 February 1670 in Bergamo although, based on his final testament dated to January 30, we know that he died on January 29 .

December 22, 2018
Baroque Painter and Draftsman, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino) Died on 22 December 1666 in Bologna.

August 3, 2018
Baroque architect Francesco Borromini committed suicide on 3 August 1667.

August 1, 2018
Painter Sebastiano Ricci was baptized on 1 August 1659 in Belluno .

June 28, 2018
Gioacchino Asserto, an early baroque painter from Genoa, died on 28 June 1649.

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

April 1, 2018
Italian painter Cristofano Allori was died on 1 April 1621.

March 14, 2018
Giuseppe Maria Crespi was born 14 March 1665 in Bologna.

February 6, 2018
Francesco di Lorenzo Mochi died on 6 February 1654 in Rome.

December 20, 2017
Recently Rediscovered Gentileschi Portrait Goes for New Record Price at Auction The Art Newspaper has reported this morning that a recently rediscovered self-portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi in the guise of Saint Catherine has sold at a Druout auction in Paris for $2.85 million (€2.36 million), which sets a new record price for a work by the revolutionary Baroque-era painter.