bergamo

May 5, 2019
A relief sculpture from San Martino in Alzano Lombardo depicts the sculptor and architect, Giovan Battista Caniana, in the city where he died on May 5, 1754.

February 10, 2019
Carlo Ceresa was long believed to have died on 10 February 1670 in Bergamo although, based on his final testament dated to January 30, we know that he died on January 29 .

May 23, 2018
Misidentified Mantegna Discovered in Bergamo The Art Newspaper reports that the curator of the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, Italy, has discovered evidence to suggest that a painting of The Resurrection of Christ from the late fifteenth century was authored by Andrea Mantegna.

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

January 24, 2018
Opening this Saturday at the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, is the unmissable exhibition “Raffaello e l’eco del mito” (Raphael and the Echo of the Myth).

December 7, 2017
Painter Evaristo Baschenis was Born in Bergamo on 7 December 1617.

March 18, 2017
Neoclassical architect of Swiss origin Simone Cantoni was born on 2 September 1739 in Mendrisio, Ticino.

March 4, 2017
Fra’ Galgario (or Fra’ Vittore del Galgario), a Late Baroque portrait painter, born Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi, was born on 4 March 1655 in Bergamo.

July 25, 2016
Italian artist Andrea Fantoni died in Rovetta on 25 July 1734.

June 15, 2016
Opening Soon: “Floating Piers” by Christo at Lake Iseo For those who live in/near Lombardy: Christo’s installation, entitled “The Floating Piers,” opens this coming Saturday, 18 June, on Lake Iseo, east of the Italian city of Bergamo.