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Showing posts with label Mantua. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mantua. Show all posts
29 February 2024

Alessandro Striggio - composer and diplomat

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Medici musician who invented the madrigal comedy The score of Striggio's best known work was missing for 281 years The Renaissance compo...
2 February 2023

Vittorino da Feltre – humanist and educator

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Teacher to the nobility provided free education for poor children Vittorino da Feltre treated his  pupils as equal, wealthy or poor A schola...
19 May 2022

Pompeo Coppini - sculptor

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Italian emigrant famous for Texas monument Pompeo Coppini spent much of his career working in Texas The sculptor Pompeo Coppini, best known ...
5 November 2019

Attilio Ariosti – composer

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Musical friar was once a rival of Handel Anthoni Schoonjans's portrait of Ariosti hangs in Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin Baroq...
9 September 2019

Francesco Carrozzini - director and photographer

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Famous for portraits of wealthy and famous Francesco Carrozzini has photographed many celebrities from the world of movies, music and ...
22 July 2019

Gorni Kramer - jazz musician

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Multi-talented composer of more than 1,000 songs Gorni Kramer was a popular performer for many decades The songwriter, musician and ...
1 July 2019

Clara Gonzaga – noblewoman

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Countess from Mantua founded European dynasties Clara Gonzaga's marriage began a dynasty of European royalty Clara (Chiara) Gonz...
13 February 2019

Isabella d’Este – Marchioness of Mantua

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‘The First Lady of the world’ Titian's portrait of Isabella d'Este, housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Isabella ...
9 December 2018

Teofilo Folengo – poet

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Style of writer’s verses took its name from the dumpling A portrait of Teofilo Folengo by Girolamo Romanino, owned by the Uffizi museu...