Italian Baroque

February 9, 2019
The Feast Day of Saint Apollonia of Alexandria

October 29, 2018
Unicorns in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art

October 1, 2018
Dwarfism in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Painting

May 4, 2018
Architect Carlo Rainaldi was born in Rome on 4 May 1611.

January 17, 2018
Painter Carlo Dolci died on 17 January 1687 in his native Florence.

November 27, 2017
Painter and Architect, Pietro Berretini was Baptized on 27 November 1597.

November 4, 2017
Guido Reni was Born in Bologna on 4 November 1575.

September 29, 2017
Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was likely born on 29 September 1571, for scholars agree that he was born in the fall of this year, and  29 September is the feast day of St. Michael the Archangel , Caravaggio’s namesake.

August 18, 2017
Guido Reni died 18 August 1642 in Bologna.

July 15, 2017
On July 15, 1609, Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) died in Rome.