18th century

February 21, 2023
Last chance to catch your carri di Carnevale: 1 March 2022 serves as “Martedì Grasso,” otherwise known as “Mardi Gras,” “Fat Tuesday,” or, from an ecclesiastical perspective, “Shrove Tuesday,” the last day before “Ash Wednesday” and the beginning of Lent.

June 8, 2020
The Stage Designs of Filippo Juvarra in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum

May 11, 2020
The Dragon in Italian Art and Architecture: Past to Present.

January 10, 2020
CFA: Raubkunst at the Ringling: A Catalogue in Absentia

A researcher and writer is being sought to investigate the provenance of a quartet of quirkily shaped, sized, and framed 18th Century oil paintings associated with the work of Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754).

May 10, 2019
The Piazzetta Provenance Project CFA: Raubkunst at the Ringling: A Catalogue in Absentia Raubkunst at the Ringling: Franz Marc’s Schöpfungsgeschichte has got a lot of attention.

May 2, 2019
On the Tercentenary of the Death of Pierre Le Gros Pierre Le Gros died 300 years ago on 3 May 1719 in Rome where he had been a pre-eminent sculptor.

January 24, 2019
Sculptor Francesco Robba died on 24 January 1757 in Zagreb.

December 9, 2018
Sculptor, Restorer and Antiquarian Bartolomeo Cavaceppi Died in Rome on 9 December 1799.

October 21, 2018
Giovanni Paolo Panini died in Rome on October 21, 1765.

May 3, 2018
Catch if You Can: Canaletto, 1697-1768