17th Century

August 25, 2017
The ceremonial entrance of a Caravaggisto: Bartolomeo Manfredi was baptized in Ostiano on 25 August 1582 .

August 18, 2017
Guido Reni died 18 August 1642 in Bologna.

July 31, 2017
Alessandro Algardi was born in Bologna on 31 July 1598.

July 23, 2017
Filippo Parodi died in Genoa on July 22, 1702.

July 22, 2017
Leone Leoni died on July 22, 1590, in Milan.

July 15, 2017
On July 15, 1609, Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) died in Rome.

July 11, 2017
Opening Today: A Matter of Perspective: Andrea Pozzo and Jesuit Art in Rome Opening today, 11 July, at the Art Institute of Chicago is an intimate exhibition on the work of Andrea Pozzo (1642-1709) who, in addition to his artistic and architectural proclivities, was a lay brother of the Jesuit order.

May 8, 2017
Baroque painter Giovanni Battista Gaulli, known as il Baciccio, was born on 8 May 1639 in Genoa.

March 24, 2017
Guercino Left Ghastly After Theft The recovery of a stolen Guercino altarpiece this past February was a major moment, yet news sources are now reporting that the extent of damage to the canvas thanks to this theft might be irreparable.

February 26, 2017
On 26 February 1616, Galileo Galilei was formally banned and banished by the Roman Catholic Church for teaching and defending the opinion that the Earth orbits the Sun.