Michelangelo Buonarroti

February 18, 2019
On this day, 18 February, 1564, Michelangelo Buonarroti died in Rome.

May 26, 2017
On 26 May 1951 the Florentine Museum ‘Casa Buonarroti’ reopened its doors after a prolonged closure due to the Second World War and difficult post-war years.

May 14, 2016
Following the restoration of a series of letters addressed to Vasari from Michelangelo and the digitalization of the whole Vasari archive, the exhibition Michelangelo and Vasari opened two days ago in Florence, at the Palazzo Medici Riccardi.

April 4, 2016
Mannerist painter and sculptor Daniele Ricciarelli da Volterra died on 4 April 1566 in Rome.

February 29, 2016
February 29th marks the birthday of Paul III (Alessandro Farnese, 1468-1549), the last of the Renaissance popes.

February 19, 2016
#emptyDuomoFi: the beauty of the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo caught on camera

January 25, 2016
January 25 is the feast day of the conversion of Saint Paul.