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15th-century antiquarians

  • Leon Battista AlbertiLeon Battista Alberti was born on the 14th of February 1404 in Genoa. His father, Lorenzo di Benedetto Alberti, was a wealthy Florentine who had been exiled…
  • Andrea MantegnaAndrea Mantegna was born in Isola di Carturo, close to Padua, in the Venetian Republic. He became apprenticed to Paduan painter Francesco Squarcione at the…
  • Flavio BiondoFlavio Biondo entered the world in 1392 within the capital city of Forlì. This town sat in the Romagna region of Italy during a time of shifting political…