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Giorgione, Castelfranco Madonna 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 130

Mar 12, 2019

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Commissioned by Tuzio Constanzo, a member of the Order of Malta, the Castelfranco Madonna was produced in memory of his son, Matteo. Tuzio was a condottiero, one of the warlords of Italian city-states during the late Middle Ages. His son died, probably whilst serving him, for the Republic of Venice in the early 1500s. He was…