Florence

August 7, 2017
Cesare Maccari died on 7 August 1919 in Siena, after a career as an award winning painter best known for his classically-inspired compositions.

July 29, 2017
Florentine painter Francesco di Stefano, known as Pesellino, died on 29 July 1457.

July 21, 2017
Gates of Paradise Go to Missouri Museum This week a bronze copy of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s “Gates of Paradise” arrived for installation at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

July 9, 2017
Painter, draughtsman, and printmaker Paolo Anesi was born 9 July 1697 in Rome.

June 19, 2017
On 19 June 1465, the painters Neri di Bicci (1418-92) and Alessio Baldovinetti (1425-99) assessed a painting showing poet Dante Alighieri holding a copy of his literary masterpiece, the Divine Comedy.

June 18, 2017
Sculptor and architectural designer Bartolomeo Ammanati was born 18 June 1511 in Settignano, a village near Florence.

June 15, 2017
Lisa Gherardini (aka Mona Lisa), the wife of Florentine cloth merchant Francesco del Giocondo, was born on 15 June 1479 in Florence.

June 4, 2017
Claudia de’ Medici was born 4 June 1604 in Florence.

May 30, 2017
On 30 May 1464, Neri di Bicci painted an altarpiece depicting St Felicity and her Seven Sons for the saint’s eponymous church in Florence.

April 20, 2017
Leon Battista Alberti died on 20 April 1472 in Rome.