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Dec 11 2010

Saint Sebastian by Il Sodoma, 1525

Il Sodoma / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc

Saint Sebastian by Il Sodoma, 1525

This Italian masterpiece of the Renaissance was created in 1525, the work of Il Sodoma, the common nickname for Giovanni Antonio Bazzi. The Italian master artist died in 1549 in Siena when he was eighty-two years old. This work is now displayed in the Galleria Palatina in Florence, Italy.
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Sep 21 2010

Face before Florence, Faccia di fronte a Firenze, by Troy Caperton of 2010

American / Caperton / Contemporary / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Faccia di Fronte a Firenze” of 2010, an attempt to portray the profile of Giovanni de’ Medici looking out over his city from the newly constructed Dome of the basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore.  The year intended is 1448 when the dome was twelve years old and Giovanni was on the verge of being sent to Ferrara to direct a branch of the family’s banking business.

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