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Showing posts with label 1678. Show all posts

Showing posts with label 1678. Show all posts

3 June 2018

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro - painter, sculptor and architect

Creative genius whose legacy is still visible around Naples The beautiful Palazzo dell'Immacolatella at the waterfront of the Po...

7 March 2018

Filippo Juvarra – architect

Baroque designer influenced the look of ‘royal Turin’ Agostino Masucci's portrait of Filippo Juvarra Architect and stage set...

25 June 2016

Elena Cornaro Piscopia – philosopher

First woman to graduate from a university An 18th century portrait of Elena Cornaro Piscopia, which is owned by Biblioteca Ambrosian...

4 March 2016

Antonio Vivaldi – Baroque composer

The success and the sadness in the life of musical priest A portrait of Antonio Vivaldi painted by an anonymous artist in around 17...

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