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September 15, 2015
500 (at least): the number of surviving drawings by Italian Modernist Amedeo Modigliani .

August 15, 2015
Agostino Carracci, older brother of Annibale and cousin of Lodovico, was born on 15 August 1557 in Bologna.

July 20, 2015
In an exceptional event, the only known self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci is on display at the Capitoline Museums in Rome.

June 23, 2015
Andrea del Sarto: The Renaissance Workshop in Action opens 23 June 2015 at The Getty Center, Los Angeles, where it will remain on view through 13 September.

June 10, 2015
Check out the Getty’s new video: “Almost Invisible: The Cartoon Transfer Process,” which explains and demonstrates the design transfer technique used by numerous Italian artists in the 15th and 16th centuries.

April 15, 2015
Two exhibitions open 15 April 2015, the 563rd anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s birth.

March 22, 2015
Italian Baroque painter Agostino Carracci, older brother of Annibale and cousin of Lodovico , died on 22 March 1602 in Parma.

February 21, 2015
Leonardo da Vinci and the Idea of Beauty opens 21 February 2015 at the Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, Virginia, where it will remain on view through 5 April.

February 8, 2015
Extended through 1 March 2015, the Galleria dell’Accademia, Venice hosts the exhibition Disegni dell’Ottocento e del Novecento Da Hayez a Vedova .

February 4, 2015
Italian engineer, wood-carver, and author Mariano di Jacopo, known as Il Taccola, was born on 4 February 1382 in Siena.