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The Murky Story Of Lisa Gherardini, The 16th-Century Noblewoman Who May Be Portrayed In The Mona Lisa
A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo. But was she also the subject of the Mona Lisa? Many scholars believe she ...
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The Medici weren't the only famous family of the Italian Renaisssance.
The Albizzi were one of the oldest families in Florence and led the republican government for two generations. By 1427, they were the most powerful family in the city, and far richer than the Medici.
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World's ‘most beautiful' ship to dock at Port of LA
The ship, named after the Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence, will be open to the public for tours from Wednesday to July 8. Apart from tours through the ship ...
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Behind a false wall, a lost da Vinci might lurk
Piero di Tommaso Soderini, the gonfalonier of the Republic of Florence, had simultaneously commissioned Leonardo and his younger rival, Michelangelo, to immortalize the battles of Anghiari and ...