Baroque Art

April 6, 2023
The First Holy Thursday: A Momentous Day and Night.

July 8, 2020
Artemisia Gentileschi was born on July 8, 1593, in Rome and is one of the most distinguished artists of her generation.

November 17, 2019
On this day (17, November) in 1744, the sculptor and architect Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli died in St. Petersburg, Russia.

June 13, 2019
References: Further Reading: Images: Frontispice for Fatinellus de Fatinellis (1627–1719).

May 25, 2019
Painter Carlo Dolci was born on 25 May 1616 in his native Florence.

May 18, 2019
On May 18, 1610, the prolific artist, engraver, and draftsman Stefano della Bella (1610-1664) was born in Florence.

April 27, 2019
Domenico Zampieri (1581–1641), although nicknamed Domenichino for his short stature, is remembered as a towering personality and leading proponent of Baroque classicism in Bologna and Rome.

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

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.

January 21, 2019
Artemisia Gentileschi Exhibition Planned for London’s National Gallery in 2020

Artemisia Gentileschi Exhibition Planned for London’s National Gallery in 2020