Baroque Art

March 17, 2018
On March 17, 1624, Artemisia’s Saint Apollonia was recorded in an inventory of the Medici villa Imperiale.

March 15, 2018
Italian painter Salvator Rosa died on 15 March 1673 in Rome.

March 14, 2018
Giuseppe Maria Crespi was born 14 March 1665 in Bologna.

March 10, 2018
Italian sculptor Giacomo Serpotta was born in Palermo on 10 March 1652 to a prominent family of sculptors and stucco workers.

December 9, 2017
On View: Caravaggio: Masterpieces from the Galleria Borghese

November 4, 2017
Guido Reni was Born in Bologna on 4 November 1575.

October 30, 2017
Sculptor Lazzaro Morelli was born 30 October 1608 in Ascoli Piceno.

September 29, 2017
Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was likely born on 29 September 1571, for scholars agree that he was born in the fall of this year, and  29 September is the feast day of St. Michael the Archangel , Caravaggio’s namesake.

August 31, 2017
Jesuit artist Andrea Pozzo died on 31 August 1709 in Vienna, where he was working for members of the Austrian court .

August 29, 2017
Sculptor Pietro Bernini died on 29 August 1629 in Rome.