Raphael
April 6, 2017
Raphael died in Rome on 6 April 1520, likely his thirty-seventh birthday (unless, in fact, he was born on 28 March).
January 14, 2017
Artist Francesco di Cristofano, better known as Franciabigio, died on 14 January, 1525, in his hometown of Florence at age 41.
November 22, 2016
Today is the Feast Day of Saint Cecilia, an early Christian martyr memorably celebrated in fresco by Italian Baroque painter Domenichino .
October 20, 2016
Perino del Vaga died on 20 October 1547 in Rome at the age of 46.
August 31, 2016
Painter and architect Nicola Filotesio, also known as Cola dell’Amatrice, died 31 August 1547 (or 1559) in Ascoli Piceno.




