The Italian artist, Marino Marini, is acclaimed as the most celebrated Italian sculptor who was instrumental in the revival of the art of portrait sculpture in Italy during the first half of the 20th century.

Best-known for his figurative equestrian sculptures, Marini was born on February 27, 1901, in the Tuscan town of Pistoia, Italy.

John Singer Sargent is revered as the most successful portrait painter as well as a gifted landscape painter and watercolorist of the 19^th century.

Famous for providing an enduring image of Edwardian-age society, Sargent was born on January 12, 1856, in Florance, Italy, to wealthy American parents.

Annibale Carracci is acclaimed as one of the most influential Italian Baroque painters of the late 16^th and early 17^th century.

A vital force in pioneering the style of “idealized realism”, Carracci was born in Bologna on November 3, 1560, into a humble, working-class family.

Antonio Canova is highly acclaimed as one of the greatest exponents of Neoclassicism and the most brilliant sculptor in Europe in the late 18^th and early 19^th centuries.

Revered as ‘the supreme minister of beauty', Canova was born on November 1, 1757, in Possagno, a small village in the Republic of Venice.

Francesco Solimena, is acclaimed as one of the most successful Old Masters of the Neapolitan School of Painting during the first half of the 18^th century.

One of the most influential artists in Europe, Solimena was born on September 4, 1657, in Canale di Serino, near Naples. 

Francesco Borromini, is revered as the most daring and original architect of the Roman Baroque, who changed the face of 17^th century Rome.

Born Francesco Castelli, on September 25, 1599, in Bissone on Lake Lugano, the architect was reputed throughout Europe for his striking designs.

Designing richly colored compositions with unusual experimentation and passion to create such drama and special effect that took precedence over naturalism and perspective, the Florentine artist, Jacopo Carucci da Pontormo, is celebrated as one of the leaders of the Mannerist movement