18th century

January 1, 2016
Francesco Guardi died on New Year’s Day 1793 in Venice , where he had spent his career as a veduta painter.

December 17, 2015
Felice Giani was Born on 17 December 1758 in San Sebastiano Curone, Italy.

November 1, 2015
Antonio Canova was Born 1 November 1757 in Possagno.

October 1, 2015
Venetian painter Giulia Lama , the first woman known to draw and study the male nude from a live model, was born on this day in 1681.

August 25, 2015
Architect Alessandro Galilei was born on 25 August 1691 in Florence.

July 12, 2015
The exhibition, “Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums,” enters its second month today, 12 July, at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

July 4, 2015
Italian painter Giambettino Cignaroli was born on 4 July 1706 in Verona, where he spent his career and became the city’s leading painter in the Rococo era.

July 4, 2015
Italian neoclassical sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi was born on 4 July 1751 in Rome.

April 28, 2015
Venetian painter Giovanni Battista Piazzetta died on 29 April 1754.

March 27, 2015
Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo died on 27 March 1770 in Madrid at age 74.