18th century

December 19, 2016
Review: “In the Light of Naples: The Art of Francesco de Mura” Francesco de Mura (1696-1782) was a prominent figure in 18 th -century Italian painting.

October 23, 2016
By the fall of 42 BCE, a little more than two years after they had assassinated Julius Caesar, the Roman senators Brutus and Cassius had managed to raise more than 80,000 troops still loyal to the idea of the Republic.

October 21, 2016
Roman vedutista (view painter) Giovanni Paolo Panini died on 21 October 1765.

August 30, 2016
On View: Master Drawings Unveiled at the Art Institute of Chicago This past weekend the Art Institute of Chicago opened its new exhibition, “Master Drawings Unveiled: 25 Years of Major Acquisitions.” Featuring a wide array of drawings from the 17th century onward, the exhibition focuses upon the museum’s recently acquired – yet heretofore undisplayed – drawings, etchings, and watercolors.

August 21, 2016
Late Baroque architect Gabriele Valvassóri was born 21 August 1689 in Rome.

August 7, 2016
Sculptor Pompeo Marchesi was born 7 August 1783 in Saltrio.

July 29, 2016
Italian sculptor Giovanni Battista Maini died on 29 July 1752 in Rome at age 62.

May 15, 2016
Painter Sebastiano Ricci died on 15 May 1734 in Venice.

May 8, 2016
Famed Venetian genre painter Pietro Longhi died in that city on 8 May 1785.

May 3, 2016
Night falls on a Neapolitan master: Baroque painter Francesco Solimena died 3 May 1747 at the age of 89 in the borough of Barra.