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Showing posts with label Palazzo Pitti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palazzo Pitti. Show all posts
23 May 2018

Ferdinando II de’ Medici – Grand Duke of Tuscany

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Technology fan who supported scientist Galileo Ferdinando II, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, portrayed by Flemish painter Justus Sustermans...
18 September 2017

Francesca Caccini – singer and composer

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Court musician composed oldest surviving opera by a woman Francesca Caccini pictured in a cameo discovered in Pistoia Prolific c...
7 June 2017

Gaetano Berenstadt – operatic castrato

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Italian-born performer who specialised in roles created by Handel Gaetano Berenstadt (right) in a caricatured impression of his per...
9 May 2017

Ottavio Missoni - fashion designer

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Former prisoner of war was also an Olympic hurdler The fashion designer Ottavio Missoni with his wife Rosita on the lawn of their mans...
1 November 2016

Pietro da Cortona – painter and architect

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Outstanding exponent of Baroque style Pietro da Cortona: a self-portrait Artist Pietro da Cortona was born Pietro Berrettini on this ...
21 September 2016

Cigoli – painter and architect

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First artist to paint a realistic moon Cigoli's fresco at the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore shows  the Madonna standing on a po...
24 May 2016

Gian Gastone de' Medici – Grand Duke of Tuscany

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The last Medici to rule Florence A portrait of Gian Gastone de' Medici, the last in a line of Florentine rulers Gian Gastone...
12 May 2016

Cosimo II de' Medici - patron of Galileo

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Grand Duke of Tuscany maintained family tradition Cosimo II de' Medici Born on this day in Florence in 1590, Cosimo II de' M...