Naples

January 22, 2016
Fan Favorite Art Fact File: Caravaggio and The Seven Works of Mercy baroqueart recently reached out to us with an image of Caravaggio’s compelling composition, The Seven Works of Mercy , so we are featuring a discussion of this work in this, our first “Fan Favorite Art Fact File.” Thanks for the suggestion!

January 3, 2016
Mattia Preti died on 3 January 1699 in Valetta on the island of Malta.

January 3, 2016
Luca Giordano died 3 January 1705 in his hometown of Naples.

December 5, 2015
Reaching His End in Rome: Sculptor Costantino Barbella Died 5 December 1925.

August 19, 2015
After publishing its short list of 200 candidates on 8 July , the Italian ministry of culture has announced the appointments of twenty new museum directors for Italy’s most acclaimed museums in Caserta, Florence, Genoa, Mantua, Milan, Modena, Naples, Paestum, Perugia, Reggio Calabria, Rome, Taranto, Turin, Urbino, and Venice.

August 18, 2015
The July 24, 1944 edition of LIFE magazine includes a photo-essay about the destruction of Italian art during World War II.

July 22, 2015
The Futurist poet and painter Francesco Cangiullo died on this day in 1977.

July 16, 2015
On 16 July 1852, self-taught artist Vincenzo Gemito was born in Naples.

July 8, 2015
Ermanno Rivetti reports in the Art Newspaper on plans to hire new directors for 20 of Italy’s major art museums.

June 22, 2015
Francesco Celebrano, royal painter to the court of King Ferdinand IV of Naples, died on this day, June 22, in 1814.