Italian Renaissance

January 2, 2018
Piero di Cosimo was born on 2 January 1462 in Florence.

December 30, 2017
During the summer of 2017, while cleaning The Vatican Museum’s Hall of Constantine, conservators discovered two Raphael paintings within the fresco.

December 11, 2017
Bernardino Pinturicchio Died on 11 December 1513 in Siena.

October 24, 2017
Andrea di Marco della Robbia was born 24 October 1435 in Florence.

September 23, 2017
On the 23 September 1439, Francesco di Giorgio Martini was baptized in Siena.

August 19, 2017
Florentine painter Andrea di Bartolo di Simone, known as Andrea del Castagno, died suddenly 19 August 1457.

August 5, 2017
On August 5, 1505, Giovanni Antonio Bazzi (1477-1549), known as “Il Sodoma,” began working on frescoes in Monte Oliveto Maggiore, near Siena.

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

July 27, 2017
Lombard artist Cesare da Sesto died on 27 July 1523 in Milan.

June 6, 2017
Lorenzo di Pietro di Giovanni – known as Il Vecchietta (little old woman) – died on 6 June 1480 in his native Siena.