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June 7, 2016
Closing Soon: “Aldus Manutius and the Renaissance in Venice” There are less than two weeks left to view the groundbreaking exhibition, “Aldus Manutius and the Renaissance in Venice,” currently on display at Venice’s Gallerie dell’Accademia.

March 15, 2016
Exhibition News: “In the Age of Giorgione” opened 12 March at London’s Royal Academy of Art For those interested in further investigations into the elusive Venetian master of the early 16th century, the Royal Academy’s new exhibition, “In the Age of Giorgione,” offers an opportunity to delve into 50 paintings that reflect the overall artistic dynamism of the years 1500-1510 in Venice.

Exhibition News: “In the Age of Giorgione” opened 12 March at London’s Royal Academy of Art For those interested in further investigations into the elusive Venetian master of the early 16th century, the Royal Academy’s new exhibition, “In the Age of Giorgione,” offers an opportunity to delve into 50 paintings that reflect the overall artistic dynamism of the years 1500-1510 in Venice.

February 29, 2016
February 29th marks the birthday of Paul III (Alessandro Farnese, 1468-1549), the last of the Renaissance popes.

January 29, 2016
Giovanni Rubino, also known as “Dentone” (“Big Teeth”), is first documented in Padua on 29 January 1513, when he entered workshop of Giovanni d’Antonio Minello.

January 15, 2016
Antiquarian, theorist and biographer Giovanni Pietro Bellori was born on 15 January 1613 in Rome.

December 22, 2015
Alessandro Bonvicino, better known as “Il Moretto da Brescia,” died on 22 December 1554.

August 16, 2015
The House of Gonzaga came to power on 16 August 1328, when Ludovico I (Luigi) Gonzaga seized power from the Bonacolsi Family.

July 12, 2015
The exhibition, “Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums,” enters its second month today, 12 July, at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

July 5, 2015
Italian painter Paris Bordone was baptized on 5 July 1500 in Treviso.

April 1, 2015
Italian author, artist, and collector Carlo Ridolfi was born on 1 April 1594 in Lonigo, a city in the Veneto not far from Vicenza.