Paduan
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Paduans
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He never completed his great study of the Paduan bronze sculptor Andrea Riccio, but his pioneering articles served as the basis for a major Riccio retrospective exhibition at the Frick Collection in 2008.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2011
Two of the tales are recounted in dialect, one in Bergamasco and another in Paduan.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2010
Paduan whom he calls "the greatest plunderer of them all."
From Time Magazine Archive
Man tegna, the son of a carpenter, studied under the strict Paduan master, Francesco Squarcione.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the second half of the 1590s, his personal commitments had increased when he established a stable relationship with Marina Gamba, a local Paduan woman from a lower social class.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Renaissance chronicler Giorgio Vasari tells us in "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects" that the sculptor was annoyed by all the roses adoring Paduans threw his way.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2015
We all are Paduans, and we all intend To passe forthwith with speed to Padua.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
The Paduans, moved by this, did their utmost to make him their fellow-citizen, and sought to detain him with every sort of endearment.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 02 (of 10), Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi by Gaston du C. De Vere
The Paduans for years vainly endeavored to get Bessarion’s decision set aside, and they were finally obliged to submit.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
The place is also remarkable as being the birthplace of Livy, and also of the physician and reputed necromancer, Pietro d’Abano, in whom the Paduans take almost equal pride.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe
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