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Showing posts with label Pope Urban VIII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pope Urban VIII. Show all posts
21 April 2024

Pietro Della Valle – composer and travel writer

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Adventurous Roman wrote unique accounts of 17th century Persia and India  Della Valle's journey expanded knowledge of Indian history Com...
5 August 2019

Antonio Barberini – Cardinal

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Pope’s nephew amassed fortune and became patron of the arts Carlo Maratta's portrait of Antonio Barberini as an older man Cathol...
20 February 2019

Francesco Maria II della Rovere - the last Duke of Urbino

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Last male in famous family line Francesco Maria II della Rovere, as depicted by Italian painter Federico Barocci in 1572 (Uffizi Galle...
7 February 2019

Vittoria delle Rovere – Grand Duchess of Tuscany

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Bride who brought the treasures of Urbino to Florence Vittoria della Rovere, a portrait by the Flemish painter Justus Sustermans, circ...
30 January 2019

Feast of Saint Martina of Rome

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The day Pope Urban VIII’s own hymns are sung Saint Martina as portrayed in Pietro da Cortona's  Saint Martina Refuses to Adore the...
23 September 2018

Francesco Barberini – Cardinal

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Patron of the arts sympathised with Galileo Francesco Barberini knew Galileo from his days as a student at the University of Pisa F...
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...
7 January 2018

Pope Innocent X

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Political pontiff dominated by sister-in-law The portrait of Innocent X by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, notable for a terse fa...
6 September 2017

Francesco I d’Este – Duke of Modena

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Military leader left legacy of fine architecture Diego Valásquez's portrait of Francesco I Francesco I, Duke of Modena, who w...