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February 15, 2017
Repentant Magdelene by Cagnacci Comes to London Guido Cagnacci’s Repentant Magdalene will be on view at the National Gallery, London , from 15 February through 21 May 2017.

January 14, 2017
The British Museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759.

July 31, 2016
Renovation Begins for Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art , the London home of major works of Italian Futurism and Modernism, closes 31 July for architectural repairs and an updating of its gardens and entrance area.

May 15, 2016
Painter Sebastiano Ricci died on 15 May 1734 in Venice.

January 19, 2016
Yale University Press publishes Visions of Paradise: Botticini’s Palmieri Altarpiece by Jennifer Sliwka, which coincides with the exhibition on view at the National Gallery, London through 28 March 2016 .

December 31, 2015
The “ Master of Swish ,” Giovanni Boldini, was born on the last day of the year, 1842, in Ferrara, Italy.

December 27, 2015
Giovanni Battista Borra was Born on 27 December 1713 in the Piedmont Town of Dogliani.

September 17, 2015
Gilbert of famous art duo Gilbert and George was born Gilbert Proesch on 17 September 1943 in San Martin de Tor , a small village on the Dolomites in the Italian province of South Tyrol .

July 4, 2015
Italian neoclassical sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi was born on 4 July 1751 in Rome.

February 19, 2015
Now through 7 March, Ronchini Gallery London presents an exhibition of the work of Pier Paolo Calzolari (b.