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May 5, 2019
A relief sculpture from San Martino in Alzano Lombardo depicts the sculptor and architect, Giovan Battista Caniana, in the city where he died on May 5, 1754.

April 28, 2019
Giovanni Maria Benzoni died on April 28, 1873.

April 21, 2019
At midday on the Spring Equinox, April 21, light streams in through the twenty-seven foot diameter oculus of the Pantheon and aligns perfectly with the doorway.

April 14, 2019
Sculptor, Augusto Rivalta, died on April 14, 1925 in Florence.

April 11, 2019
Architect Donato Bramante died on 11 April 1514 in Rome.

April 7, 2019
In his 1885 publication recounting his exploration of the City of Florence, author Emilio Bacciotti, described Ulise Cambi, who died on April 7th, 1895, as “one of the old glories of the Academy of Fine Arts.” (p.29).

March 17, 2019
Born in Bologna on March 17, 1935, Adami trained as a draughtsman with Achille Funi at the Accademia di Brera in Milan.

March 17, 2019
Modernist architect, Adalberto Libera, died on March 17, 1963.

March 10, 2019
Aldo Mondino, a contemporary artist who worked in a variety of mediums and who drew inspiration from his travels around the world died in Turin on March 10, 2005.

February 24, 2019
Born on February 24, 1613, Mattia Preti ended his career in Malta as a Knight of Justice.