Italian Renaissance

November 24, 2013
A double-sided drawing by Andrea Mantegna sold at auction on 8 November 2013 for €509,650 ($680,000).

October 31, 2013
Baccio della Porta, known as Fra Bartolommeo, died on this day in 1517 in Florence.

October 10, 2013
A painting kept in a Swiss bank vault is claimed by some to be a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).

October 2, 2013
From Donatello to Lippi: Officina Pratese on view in Prato through 13 January 2014.

October 1, 2013
Architect Jacopo Vignola was born on this day in 1507.

September 26, 2013
The Springtime of the Renaissance: Sculpture and Art in Florence 1400-60 opens today at the Louvre in Paris through 6 January 2014.

September 18, 2013
Leonardo da Vinci.

September 13, 2013
Italian painter and printmaker Andrea Mantegna died on this day in 1506 in Mantua, where he had served the Gonzaga dukes as court artist for almost half a century.

September 8, 2013
philamuseum : STAFF PICK: This Renaissance painting depicts a haunting scene from Boccaccio’s “Decameron.” Each figure, including the ghost in the foreground, plays an important role in the story.

September 2, 2013
Taddeo Zuccaro died on this day in 1566 in Rome, one day after his thirty-seventh birthday.