Italy On This Day

Pope who commissioned Michelangelo for Sistine Chapel Raphael's portrait of Pope Julius II, which is housed in the National Galle...

Ground-breaking academic paved the way for women A portrait of the physicist Laura Bassi, thought to have been painted in 1732 Brill...

Composer gave the cello prominence in his charming quintets Boccherini playing the cello, thought to have been painted between 1764 an...

‘Greatest artist of all time’ left amazing legacy of work The Rondanini Pietà, which the death of Michelangelo left incomplete Phot...