religious art

July 25, 2017
25 July is the feast day of Saint James the Greater.

June 10, 2017
Alessandro Algardi died on 10 June 1654 in Rome.

June 6, 2017
Lorenzo di Pietro di Giovanni – known as Il Vecchietta (little old woman) – died on 6 June 1480 in his native Siena.

May 8, 2017
Baroque painter Giovanni Battista Gaulli, known as il Baciccio, was born on 8 May 1639 in Genoa.

January 13, 2017
Today (13 January) is the traditional Feast of the Baptism of Christ, though it is now typically observed on the first Sunday after Epiphany (in 2016 it was celebrated on January 10 ).

January 12, 2017
Painter Stefano Parrocel Died on 13 January 1775 in Rome.

December 15, 2016
Carlo Maratti (also known as Maratta) died on 15 December in 1713 in Rome.

November 26, 2016
Giovanni Bellini died on 26 November 1516 in Venice.

October 31, 2016
Happy Halloween!

October 29, 2016
On 29 October, 312, Constantine the Great entered Rome after his victory at the Milvian Bridge on the previous day.