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Facts

Also Known As Le Benédette • Il Grechetto
Baptized March 23, 1609 • Genoa • Italy
Died May 5, 1664 • Mantua • Italy
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture

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Marc Chagall
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Edvard Munch
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German artist
Hendrik Goltzius: Hercules Killing Cacus
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Dutch painter and printmaker
“Battle of Alexander at Issus,” detail of an oil painting on panel by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
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Ribera, José de: Saint Paul the Hermit
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Spanish painter
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Canaletto: The Doges' Palace and Piazza San Marco, Venice
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Morandi, Giorgio: Still Life
Giorgio Morandi
Italian artist
Longhi, Alessandro: portrait of a man holding a letter
Alessandro Longhi
Venetian artist
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Domenico Campagnola
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