17th Century

July 19, 2013
Artemesia Gentilleschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes will travel from the Uffizi in Florence to the Art institute of Chicago, where it will be on view from 17 October through 9 January.

July 18, 2013
On this day in 1610, Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio died in Porto Ercole at the age of 38.