Italy On This Day

Painter from Siena experimented with rich colour  Beccafumi's Madonna with Child, St Jerome and the Infant St John is notable for i...

Ruler received a valuable education at the papal court Federico Gonzaga, aged about 10, painted by Francesco Francia Federico Gonzag...

Life’s work put him among greats of commedia all’italiana Mario Monicelli directed his first film in 1949, which also marked the start...

Musician was an Italian pioneer of jazz and swing  Pippo Barzizza became known in Italy as the 'king of jazz' in the 1930s T...