grand tour

January 1, 2016
Francesco Guardi died on New Year’s Day 1793 in Venice , where he had spent his career as a veduta painter.

November 20, 2015
Bartolomeo Pinelli was born in Rome, on 20 November 1781.

October 15, 2015
Milanese painter Giovanni Migliara – known especially for his vedute of famous city piazzas – was born on this day in 1785.

September 27, 2014
Pastellist and painter Rosalba Carriera was admitted to the Accademia di San Luca in Rome on 27 September 1705.

September 10, 2013
legionofhonormuseum : This pair of architectural fantasies, known as capricci , is part of a recent bequest from the estate of Diana Dollar Knowles and newly on view in Gallery 7.

August 1, 2013
thegetty : A view of Rome for the traveler, the tourist and the antiquarian.