Italy On This Day

Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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Showing posts with label Palazzo della Cancelleria. 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...

26 October 2019

Domenico Scarlatti - composer

Neapolitan famous for his 555 keyboard sonatas A portrait of Domenico Scarlatti, painted by Domenico Antonio Velasco in 1738 The com...

3 May 2017

Raffaele Riario – Cardinal

Patron of arts linked with murder conspiracies Raffaele Riario captured in Raphael's 1512 painting of Mass at Bolsena Renaissanc...

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