Italy On This Day

Roman collectors called him the ‘new Canova’ Benzoni's self-portrait bust is in the Biblioteca Angelo Mai in Bergamo The sculptor Giovan...

Work helped end the dominance of Neoclassicism Giovanni Dupré, painted by the  Swiss-Italian artist Antonio Ciseri Giovanni Dupré, who came ...

Old master of Venice who set new standards Titian, a self-portrait painted in about 1567, which can be found in the Prado in Madrid ...

Genius who could bring marble to life  A self-portrait of Canova, painted in about 1790 (Uffizi, Florence) Sculptor Antonio Canova was born...