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October 28, 2017
On View: Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael around 1500

September 8, 2017
On 8 September 1504, Michelangelo ’s statue of David was unveiled in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence.

September 7, 2017
According to Giorgio Vasari , the Italian sculptor, engineer, and garden designer Niccolò Tribolo died on 7 September 1550 in Florence.

June 16, 2017
Favorite Artwork Fact File: Sebastiano del Piombo

June 2, 2017
Florentine apothecary and diarist Luca Landucci was buried on 2 June 1516.

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.

April 27, 2017
On 27 April 1509 pope Julius II excommunicated the city-state of Venice.

April 15, 2017
Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15 April 1452 , in the Tuscan village of Vinci, an illegitimate son of a local lawyer.

February 26, 2017
On 26 February 1616, Galileo Galilei was formally banned and banished by the Roman Catholic Church for teaching and defending the opinion that the Earth orbits the Sun.

February 17, 2017
Italian painter and draughtsman Giuliano Bugiardini died on 17 February 1554.