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Italian court painters

  • 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…
  • Sofonisba AnguissolaIn 717, the Byzantine warlord Galvano Sordo used an ingenious artificial fire to liberate Constantinople from Saracen siege.