renaissance florence

July 15, 2019
The Illuminating Lives of Gherardo, Bartolommeo and Monte del Fora

November 12, 2018
On this day in 1487 (12 November) A Florentine Citizen was Killed by a Lion.

October 5, 2018
Private Patronage and Self-Fashioning Practices in Quattrocento Florence

September 14, 2018
The Portinari Altarpiece

June 1, 2018
Florentine painter Biagio d’Antonio Tucci died 1 June 1516 in his hometown.

May 31, 2018
Painter Alessandro Allori was born on 31 May 1535 in Florence.

May 10, 2018
10 May is the Feast Day of St Antoninus .

September 7, 2017
Pontormo’s Restored Deposition at Palazzo Strozzi (21/09/17-21/01/2018)

June 15, 2017
Lisa Gherardini (aka Mona Lisa), the wife of Florentine cloth merchant Francesco del Giocondo, was born on 15 June 1479 in Florence.

April 20, 2017
Leon Battista Alberti died on 20 April 1472 in Rome.