Aretino
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Angela pointed out that, now that the service had begun, they weren’t supposed to go down these steps, but Ken insisted—he didn’t want to miss the Spinello Aretino frescoes in the sacristy.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 10, 2018
Hale describes an evening when Titian dropped in on Aretino who was roasting some thrushes on a spit.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2012
Aretino wrote the beast's Last Will & Testament, assigning Hanno's various organs to those cardinals they most scandalously fitted.
From Time Magazine Archive
So low-born as to be nameless, Aretino took his name from his town, Arezzo, where he was born on Good Friday of the year Columbus sighted America.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is said that in the year 1530, the Emperor Charles V being in Bologna, Tiziano was invited to that city by Cardinal Ippolito de' Medici, through the agency of Pietro Aretino.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings by Giorgio Vasari
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