Italy On This Day

Roman with many titles had powerful ancestors Ludovico Chigi, pictured in his ceremonial uniform Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere was born...

Satirist was both admired and feared by the nobility Pietro Aretino, captured by his friend, the Venetian painter Titian in around 154...

Pupil of Bramante who left mark on Rome The portrait of Baldassare Peruzzi in Giorgio Vasari's 1568 book Lives of the Most  Excell...

Nobleman from Siena became one of Europe’s richest men A Roman coin bearing the image of Agostino Chigi, who was one of the 16th centu...

Prostitute who became a celebrity Raphael's Galatea in his frescoes at the Villa Farnesina in Rome is thought to be Imperia Im...