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

February 10, 2019
Carlo Ceresa was long believed to have died on 10 February 1670 in Bergamo although, based on his final testament dated to January 30, we know that he died on January 29 .

January 27, 2019
19th-century painter Giacomo di Chirico was born on January 27, 1844 in Venosa (Potenza).

October 28, 2018
Pietro Annigoni died on October 28, 1988 in Florence.

March 26, 2018
Walters Art Museum Art of the Day: Portrait of Gerolamo Mercuriale

March 12, 2018
Dalmatian sculptor Francesco Laurana was dead by 12 March 1502 in the city of Marseille, France.

June 16, 2017
Sculptor Pietro Bracci was born June 16, 1700 in Rome.

December 8, 2015
The Mona Lisa is once again making headlines.

August 21, 2015
Evangelina Alciati – the first female painter to be admitted as a student to the Accademia Albertina in Turin – was born on this day in 1883.

March 4, 2015
Italian portrait painter Giuseppe Ghislandi, known as Fra Vittore Galgario, was baptized on 4 March 1655 in Bergamo.