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Showing posts with label 1740. Show all posts

29 February 2020

Pietro Ottoboni - patron of music and art

Venetian cardinal spent fortune on composers and painters Francesco Trevisiani's portrait of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, painted in a...

9 May 2018

Giovanni Paisiello - composer

Audience favourite with a jealous streak Giovanni Paisiello was one of the most popular Italian composers in the 18th century The co...

17 August 2017

Pope Benedict XIV

Erudite, gentle, honest man was chosen as a compromise Pope Benedict XIV succeeded Clement XII as a compromise candidate after a si...

16 February 2016

Giambattista Bodoni - type designer

Celebrity printer whose name lives on in type A portrait of Giambattista Bodoni by Giuseppe Lucatelli circa 1805 Typographer, pri...

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