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On this day: death of artist Sandro Botticelli

May 17, 2026May 17, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

On 17th May 1510, Florence lost the painter who gave the Renaissance its most enduring face. Sandro Botticelli was a man whose genius was forgotten almost as soon as he died, and whose rediscovery centuries later would reshape how the world understood Italian art.

Alessandro Bonvicino Credit: By it:Carlo Ridolfi - L'immagine è estratta da Carlo Ridolfi, Le marauiglie dell'arte, ouero, Le vite de gl'illustri pittori veneti, e dello stato (Venezia, Gio Battista Sgava, 1648), in https://archive.org/stream/lemarauigliedell00rido?ref=ol#page/n315/mode/2up, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=95314365

On this day in history: death of artist Alessandro Bonvicino

December 22, 2024December 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Alessandro Bonvicino, better known as il Moretto da Brescia, was one of the most distinguished painters of the Italian Renaissance. He died on 22 December 1554 in Brescia, Lombardy.

On this day in history: Death of Giorgio Vasari

June 27, 2024June 27, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Giorgio Vasari, an Italian painter, architect, and writer, died on 27th June 1574. He is celebrated not just for his artistic contributions but for his monumental role in documenting the Renaissance.

Although the flesh and some draperies are painted in egg tempera, the grass foreground and the stone tomb background are painted with oil paints containing proteins. © Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich.

Study confirms Renaissance Masters used egg yolk in oil paints

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Research published by Nature Communications, and led by Italian scientists, confirms the great Renaissance Masters added egg yolk to their oil paints.