art history

May 2, 2019
On the Tercentenary of the Death of Pierre Le Gros Pierre Le Gros died 300 years ago on 3 May 1719 in Rome where he had been a pre-eminent sculptor.

April 28, 2019
Giovanni Maria Benzoni died on April 28, 1873.

April 11, 2019
Architect Donato Bramante died on 11 April 1514 in Rome.

March 6, 2019
Architect Guarino Guarini died on 6 March 1683 in Milan at age 59.

March 3, 2019
The Man of Sorrows

February 21, 2019
Architect Filippo Raguzzini dies on 21 February 1771 in Rome.

February 7, 2019
7 February is the anniversary of the translation of the relics of St. Romuald in 1481 from his burial site in Val di Castro, where he died in 1027, to Fabriano.

February 3, 2019
The architect, Giovanni Battista Vaccarini, who played a central role in rebuilding Catania, Sicily after the devastating 1693 earthquake, was born on February 3, 1702 in Palermo.

January 24, 2019
Sculptor Francesco Robba died on 24 January 1757 in Zagreb.

January 20, 2019
January 20th is recognized as the Feast Day of Saint Sebastian.