history

May 29, 2018
On 29 May 1606, the great Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio killed Ranuccio Tommasoni in Rome.

May 28, 2018
Italian photographer, painter and designer Luigi Veronesi was born on 28 May 1908 in Milan.

May 5, 2018
Sculptor Pietro Bernini was born on 5 May 1562 in Sesto Fiorentino.

March 28, 2018
Baccio della Porta, known as Fra Bartolommeo, was born on 28 March 1472 in Florence.

March 12, 2018
Dalmatian sculptor Francesco Laurana was dead by 12 March 1502 in the city of Marseille, France.

March 5, 2018
Antonio Allegri, known as Correggio after his hometown, died there on 5 March in 1534.

February 26, 2018
Gino Severini died on 26 February 1966 in Paris.

February 12, 2018
Closes today: Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer Only a few days remain to visit the remarkable exhibition, “ Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer ,” on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until 12 February 2018.

February 6, 2018
Francesco di Lorenzo Mochi died on 6 February 1654 in Rome.

January 29, 2018
Italian painter and draughtsman Giuliano Bugiardini was born in Florence on 29 January 1475.