Rome

July 15, 2017
On July 15, 1609, Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) died in Rome.

July 11, 2017
Opening Today: A Matter of Perspective: Andrea Pozzo and Jesuit Art in Rome Opening today, 11 July, at the Art Institute of Chicago is an intimate exhibition on the work of Andrea Pozzo (1642-1709) who, in addition to his artistic and architectural proclivities, was a lay brother of the Jesuit order.

July 9, 2017
Painter, draughtsman, and printmaker Paolo Anesi was born 9 July 1697 in Rome.

July 1, 2017
Italian cartographer and architect Giovanni Battista Nolli died on 1 July 1756 in Rome.

June 18, 2017
Sculptor and architectural designer Bartolomeo Ammanati was born 18 June 1511 in Settignano, a village near Florence.

June 17, 2017
Roman vedutista (view painter) Giovanni Paolo Panini was born on 17 June 1691 in Piacenza.

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

June 12, 2017
Modern Theater and Ancient History Clash on the Palatine Multiple news outlets are reporting that a heated debate is brewing in Rome over a theatrical space created on the Palatine Hill for a summer production of “Divo Nerone – Opera Rock,” which opened 1 June.

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

May 22, 2017
Italian gem-engraver and medallist Giovanni Bernardi died on 22 May 1553 in Faenza.