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Born December 6, 1478 • Italy
Died February 8, 1529 (aged 50) • Toledo • Spain
Notable Works “The Courtier”
Subjects Of Study etiquette

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Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione by Raphael, showing a bearded man in a dark robe with a fur collar and a black cap, seated against a plain background.
Baldassare Castiglione, detail of a portrait by Raphael, 1516; in the Louvre, Paris
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