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September 14, 2018
The Portinari Altarpiece
June 21, 2018
Sebastiano del Piombo died on 21 June 1547 in Rome.
March 17, 2018
On March 17, 1624, Artemisia’s Saint Apollonia was recorded in an inventory of the Medici villa Imperiale.
December 30, 2017
During the summer of 2017, while cleaning The Vatican Museum’s Hall of Constantine, conservators discovered two Raphael paintings within the fresco.
July 18, 2017
On 18 July 1871, Futurist Giacomo Balla was born in Turin where he began his art studies.
January 19, 2017
Painter Paris Bordone died on 19 January 1571 in Venice, where he had spent the majority of his career.
July 16, 2015
Saint Clare of Assisi was born on 16 July 1194 (d. 12 August 1253, canonized 1255) in Assisi.
February 25, 2015
Sicilian painter Antonello da Messina died some time between 14 and 25 February in 1479 in the city that gave him his name.
February 9, 2015
Italian painter Benedetto Diana died on 9 February 1525.