Tullio Lombardo, born around the middle of the fifteenth century and active until his death in Venice in 1532, belonged to one of the leading family workshops of sculptors and architects in Renaissance Venice. He trained and worked alongside his father, Pietro Lombardo, and his younger brother Antonio, contributing to major architectural and funerary commissionsContinue reading ““Lost in Like but Separate Dreams”: Tullio Lombardo’s Double Portrait and Bacchus and Ariadne”
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Gemito and Mathilde Duffaud – ‘Not Made for Financial Gain.’
Introduction – Vincenzo Gemito and Mathilde Duffaud Mathilde Duffaud, la parigina, was Gemito’s first love—the first profound adult attachment of a foundling child. He met her in 1873 while living with his adoptive parents in the Palazzo del Mojariello in Capodimonte. Mathilde lived on the floor above with the French antiquarian Duhamel. Already known asContinue reading “Gemito and Mathilde Duffaud – ‘Not Made for Financial Gain.’”
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