Artists in Rome
The atlas holds 14 people and 41 moments here, from 1496 to 1994. The most recorded lives are Michelangelo, Raphael and Ronald Reagan.
Notable people
Michelangelo
from 1496 to 1564
11 moments here
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…
Raphael
from 1506 to 1520
8 moments here
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, known as Raphael, was an Italian High Renaissance painter and architect.…
Ronald Reagan
from 1982 to 1990
4 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
from 1786 to 1787
3 moments here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
Diego Velázquez
from 1630 to 1650
3 moments here
Spanish Baroque painter and court artist to Philip IV of Spain. Born in Seville, he trained there before establishing his long-term home and career…
Salvador Dalí
from 1948 to 1949
2 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Francisco Goya
from 1769 to 1771
2 moments here
Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born at Fuendetodos, Aragon, and died at Bordeaux, France.…
Peter Paul Rubens
from 1601 to 1606
2 moments here
Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…
Leonardo da Vinci
in 1513
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Pablo Picasso
in 1917
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1926
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Nicolaus Copernicus
in 1500
1 moment here
Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…
Le Corbusier
in 1922
1 moment here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Kurt Cobain
in 1994
1 moment here
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Nirvana. This chronology maps documented residences, recording sessions, performances,…
Moments
- 1496 Arrives in Rome Michelangelo
- 1500 Jubilee-year stay in Rome Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1505 Summoned to Rome by Julius II Michelangelo
- 1506 Trip to Rome Raphael
- 1506 Leaves Rome after papal dispute Michelangelo
- 1508 Returns to Rome from Bologna Michelangelo
- 1508 Commission at the Vatican Palace Raphael
- 1508 Permanent move to Rome Raphael
- 1512 Triumph of Galatea at Villa Farnesina Raphael
- 1513 Moves to Rome Leonardo da Vinci
- 1517 Cupid and Psyche Loggia at Villa Farnesina Raphael
- 1517 Residence at Palazzo Caprini Raphael
- 1520 Burial at the Pantheon Raphael
- 1520 Death in Rome Raphael
- 1534 Settles permanently in Rome Michelangelo
- 1536 Paints The Last Judgment Michelangelo
- 1542 Works in the Pauline Chapel Michelangelo
- 1547 Takes charge at St. Peter’s Michelangelo
- 1550 Sculpts the Bandini Pietà in Rome Michelangelo
- 1564 Dies at Macel de’ Corvi Michelangelo
- 1564 Works on the Rondanini Pietà Michelangelo
- 1601 First Roman residence Peter Paul Rubens
- 1606 Second extended stay in Rome Peter Paul Rubens
- 1630 First Roman stay Diego Velázquez
- 1650 Portrait of Juan de Pareja in Rome Diego Velázquez
- 1650 Portrait of Pope Innocent X in Rome Diego Velázquez
- 1769 Departure for Italy Francisco Goya
- 1771 Study visit in Rome Francisco Goya
- 1786 Arrives in Rome Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1786 Lives with Tischbein in Via del Corso Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1787 Begins second Roman residence Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1917 Designs Parade in Rome Pablo Picasso
- 1922 Rome journey with Amédée Ozenfant Le Corbusier
- 1926 Meets Mussolini in Rome Rabindranath Tagore
- 1948 Travels to Rome Salvador Dalí
- 1949 Meets Pope Pius XII Salvador Dalí
- 1982 Meets Pope John Paul II Ronald Reagan
- 1982 Visits Rome Ronald Reagan
- 1987 Returns to Vatican City Ronald Reagan
- 1990 Audience with pope at Vatican Ronald Reagan
- 1994 Rome hospitalization Kurt Cobain