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Farinati P; S. Giovanni Evangelista - 350

FARINATI Paolo

Venetian painter and engraver, probably also a sculptor and architect. Son of Lucia Bonato and of the painter Giovanni Battista di Cristoforo, who was probably Paolo's first teacher. According to Vasari, he completed his apprenticeship with the painter Nicola Giolfino, the main exponent of a...

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Farinati O; Madonna col Bambino - 350

FARINATI Orazio

Venetian painter and engraver, first-born son of Paolo Farinati and Benassuta di Angelo Volpin. He was the only one of three brothers to follow with determination the footsteps of his father Paolo, a painter and engraver, and to continue his workshop activity. ...

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Franco G; Orfeo tra gli animali - 350

FRANCO Giacomo

Italian engraving and publisher born in Venice, or perhaps in Urbino, self-qualified in his will as a 'draftsman'. He was a natural son of John the Baptist Franco 'the Semoleo' and a woman called Francesca of Urbino. Although he was mainly an engraver, his name...

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