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October 18, 2015
October 18 is the Feast day of St. Luke , gospel writer and patron saint of artists, owing to the Christian tradition that he painted a portrait of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child.

September 26, 2015
The feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian has been celebrated on 26 September since 1970 though the traditional Roman calendar honors the saints on 27 September, the anniversary of their death in 287 CE .

July 16, 2015
Saint Clare of Assisi was born on 16 July 1194 (d. 12 August 1253, canonized 1255) in Assisi.

January 11, 2015
Domenico Ghirlandaio died on 11 January 1494 in Florence.

October 26, 2014
Through 4 January 2015 see Fra Angelico…Rediscovered Masterpieces at the Domaine de Chantilly .

October 4, 2014
Today, October 4, is the feast day of St. Francis .

October 2, 2014
Leonardo da Vinci ‘s Adoration has emerged from the conservation lab of Florence’s Opificio delle Pietre Dure, where it has been under investigation since December 2012.

May 4, 2014
Polyptych with the Crucifixion and Saints Nicholas, Bartholomew, Florentius, and Luke , about 1315–20.

July 23, 2013
On this day in 1477, Francesco della Robbia was born in Florence.