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March 4, 2018
Fra’ Galgario, born Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi (Fra’ Vittore del Galgario) was born 4 March 1655.

February 26, 2018
Gino Severini died on 26 February 1966 in Paris.

February 25, 2018
When Roman Emperor Hadrian died on 10 July 138, he left, as did his predecessors, an adopted son as his successor, Antoninus Pius.

February 18, 2018
As Perseus and Andromeda Rise, Medusa is the Star For stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere, the constellations of Perseus and Andromeda reach ascendance on 18 February, and are easy to see high overhead during the spring.

February 12, 2018
Closes today: Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer Only a few days remain to visit the remarkable exhibition, “ Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer ,” on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until 12 February 2018.

February 11, 2018
Two young Roman emperors met untimely ends on 11 February, Britannicus in 55 and Gordian III in 244.

February 6, 2018
Francesco di Lorenzo Mochi died on 6 February 1654 in Rome.

January 29, 2018
Italian painter and draughtsman Giuliano Bugiardini was born in Florence on 29 January 1475.

January 28, 2018
Much is in dispute about the history of The Etruscan School ( Scuola etrusca ), but 28 January 1883 was the day when the group of Italian and English landscape painters began a yearlong formal association in Rome.

January 28, 2018
Charlemagne died on 28 January 814.