art history

June 6, 2017
Lorenzo di Pietro di Giovanni – known as Il Vecchietta (little old woman) – died on 6 June 1480 in his native Siena.

June 4, 2017
Claudia de’ Medici was born 4 June 1604 in Florence.

May 30, 2017
On 30 May 1464, Neri di Bicci painted an altarpiece depicting St Felicity and her Seven Sons for the saint’s eponymous church in Florence.

May 28, 2017
On 28 May, 585 BCE, a solar eclipse occurred.

May 22, 2017
Italian gem-engraver and medallist Giovanni Bernardi died on 22 May 1553 in Faenza.

May 21, 2017
The Guerniero Herkules Celebrates 300th Birthday In the north Hessen city of Kassel , the baroque Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe celebrates its fourth anniversary as Germany’s newest UNESCO World Heritage site this summer, and it is also the 300 th anniversary of the bizarre but beloved Herkules statue.

May 21, 2017
Castor and Pollux, whose astrological counterpart, Gemini, begins each year on 21 May, are important figures in Estruscan and Roman mythology and appear often in Italian art over the centuries.

May 14, 2017
Sculptor Silpa Bhirasri, born Corrado Feroci, died on 14 May 1962 in Bangkok.

May 8, 2017
Baroque painter Giovanni Battista Gaulli, known as il Baciccio, was born on 8 May 1639 in Genoa.

April 23, 2017
On 23 April 303 Geṓrgios, the young Roman Legion officer was executed.