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May 8, 2016
Famed Venetian genre painter Pietro Longhi died in that city on 8 May 1785.

April 16, 2016
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, known as Giambattista, was baptized on 16 April 1696 in the church of San Pietro di Castello, then the cathedral of Venice.

April 15, 2016
Pastellist and painter Rosalba Carriera died on 15 April 1757 in Venice.

April 2, 2016
Italian architect Ferdinando Sanfelice died on 2 April 1748 in his hometown of Naples, where he rose to become one of the city’s leading architects.

January 3, 2016
Luca Giordano died 3 January 1705 in his hometown of Naples.

January 1, 2016
Francesco Guardi died on New Year’s Day 1793 in Venice , where he had spent his career as a veduta painter.

December 27, 2015
Giovanni Battista Borra was Born on 27 December 1713 in the Piedmont Town of Dogliani.

July 4, 2015
Italian painter Giambettino Cignaroli was born on 4 July 1706 in Verona, where he spent his career and became the city’s leading painter in the Rococo era.

April 28, 2015
Venetian painter Giovanni Battista Piazzetta died on 29 April 1754.

March 27, 2015
Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo died on 27 March 1770 in Madrid at age 74.