18th century

April 16, 2016
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, known as Giambattista, was baptized on 16 April 1696 in the church of San Pietro di Castello, then the cathedral of Venice.

April 15, 2016
Pastellist and painter Rosalba Carriera died on 15 April 1757 in Venice.

April 2, 2016
Italian architect Ferdinando Sanfelice died on 2 April 1748 in his hometown of Naples, where he rose to become one of the city’s leading architects.

March 29, 2016
Italian wood carver, painter, and art critic Giovanni Battista Carboni was born on 29 March 1725 in the city of Brescia.

March 10, 2016
30 never-seen-before drawings from the Villa Piatti collection in Florence are now on view in Milan.

February 12, 2016
Known as the father of Italian vedute (views), Luca Carlevaris died on 12 February 1730 in Venice, the city stimulated his artistry and brought him renown.

February 11, 2016
In conjunction with the 295th birthday of artist and antiquarian Giovanni Battista Piranesi in October 2015, Penn State University Press published Piranesi’s Lost Words by Heather Hyde Minor , Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Notre Dame.

January 21, 2016
Today is the birth anniversary of anatomist and anatomical wax modeler Anna Morandi Manzolini.

January 20, 2016
Known as the father of Italian vedute (views), Luca Carlevaris was born in Udine on 20 January 1663.

January 13, 2016
philamuseum : The Italian artist Canaletto was famous for his views of Venice, such as this one.