Margaret Of Cortona

Margaret Of Cortona

female, deceased (1297)
Women of medieval Italy, tuscany, Italian, penitent, God, canonized…cortona, St. Margaret of Cortona
St. Margaret of Cortona was a penitent of the Third Order of St. Francis, born in Laviano, Tuscany in 1247. She died in Cortona on February 22,...
Frances Mayes

Frances Mayes

female, 70 years old
Under the Tuscan Sun At Home in Italy, Master of Arts, San Francisco State University faculty, memoir, cortona, A Year in Provence
Frances Mayes (born 1940) is an American university professor, poet, memoirist, essayist, and novelist. Born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, and raised in...
Gino Severini

Gino Severini

male, deceased (1966)
painter, Du Cubisme au Classicisme, From Tuscany, tuscany, cortona, futurism
Gino Severini (April 7 1883 - February 26 1966), was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement. At an early stage in his...
Pietro Testa

Pietro Testa

male, deceased (1650)
printmaker, Sacrifice of Iphigenia, Italian, baroque, lucca, cortona
Pietro Testa (1611-1650) was an Italian High Baroque artist, mainly a printmaker and draftsman, active mostly in Rome.
Stefano di Giovanni

Stefano di Giovanni

male, deceased (1450)
painter, Italian, siena, cortona, From Tuscany, Sienese School
Stefano di Giovanni, known as il Sassetta, (Siena 1392 - 1450 or 1451) was an Italian painter. He was born in Siena, although there is also an...
Rosy Bindi

Rosy Bindi

female, 58 years old
Maria Rosaria Bindi, Politics of Italy, member of Democrazia Cristiana, cortona, olive tree, tuscany
Maria Rosaria Bindi, best known as Rosy Bindi (born february 12, 1951) is an Italian politician, currently a member of the centre party...
Anton Domenico Gabbiani

Anton Domenico Gabbiani

male, deceased (1726)
painter, annunciation, Tuscan painter, Poggio a Caiano, Italian, Medici…cortona
Anton Domenico Gabbiani was an Italian painter, born in Florence, and active in a late Baroque style He first apprenticed with the Medici court...

Antoninus Of Florence

male, deceased (1459)
Adrian IV, common good, Anthony of Florence, archbishop of Florence, patron saint, Dominican Order…cortona
Saint Antoninus (Anthony of Florence, Antonio Pierozzi, also called De Forciglioni) (March 1, 1389-May 2, 1459), archbishop of Florence, was born...
Bartolomeo Avanzini

Bartolomeo Avanzini

deceased (1658)
Camillo-Guarino Guarini, from the Province of Modena, From Modena, baroque, cortona, modena
Bartolomeo Avanzini (1608-1658) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period, active mainly in Modena. The design for the Palazzo Ducale of...
Fortunato Duranti

Fortunato Duranti

male, deceased (1863)
Giaquinto, Jacopo da Bassano, Maratta, piero della francesca, Mengs, Crivelli…cortona
Fortunato Duranti (Montefortino, 25 September 1787 - 7 February 1863) was an Italian painter and collector. His father was a shoemaker of limited...