Italy On This Day

Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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Showing posts with label 1655. Show all posts

Showing posts with label 1655. Show all posts

7 January 2018

Pope Innocent X

Political pontiff dominated by sister-in-law The portrait of Innocent X by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, notable for a terse fa...

11 June 2016

Antonio Cifrondi – painter

Artist who has preserved images of everyday life for us Cifrondi's painting of An Old Woman with a Stick can be seen at the Civi...

4 May 2016

Bartolomeo Cristofori - inventor of the piano

Instrument maker adapted harpsichord to play soft and loud notes Bartolomeo Cristofori in a 1726 portrait Bartolomeo Cristofori, the...

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