Giorgione, Dante And The Sydney Incunable Vikki

Giorgione, Dante And The Sydney Incunable VikkiWhile preparing for an event at the University of Sydney in 2017, a librarian turned to the back page of the librarys 1497 copy of Dante Alighieris Divine Comedy and made a curious discovery. In red chalk was a drawing of a woman and baby, and an inscription in Italian: "On the day of 17th September, Giorgione of Castelfranco, a very excellent artist, died of the plague in Venice at the age of 36 and he rests in peace." This discovery would shine the

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