Word: di
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...after almost four centuries of neglect, Jacopo Bassano is getting recognition at last. Under the high patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, a summer-long exhibition is being given in Venice, and most of the ornate third floor of the Doge's Palace on the Piazza di San Marco is taken over by 86 religious, Biblical and scenic paintings, 13 portraits and 30 drawings by the man from Bassano...
...pocket, the bank's stockholders angrily flared up as well at the delighted reaction of Anjopa President Joseph Di Candia (also under indictment for conspiracy with Rose). "I am a happy man today," cried Di Candia, and promptly guaranteed a bright future for friendly ex-Banker Rose, who is now driving a truck while awaiting trial next month. Promised Di Candia: "When Bill Rose's troubles are over, I'll offer him half interest in the paper mill-for nothing. I will never forget Bill Rose for what...
...with its narrow, Tuscan-Gothic windows. At right angles stands the triple-arched Loggia dei Lanzi (named for the German lancers quartered there by the Medici), which many critics consider the most beautiful secular building in Florence. Between the two is the short, narrow street which Mannerist Painter Giorgio di Vasari created as a tour de force in perspective, leading to the Arno...
Young Robert became a confirmed art enthusiast while he was still at Yale ('13), steered his parents' tastes toward Italian primitives (works by Sassetta and Giovanni di Paolo are among the collection's current high points), began collecting hand-painted illuminations and drawings. In 1929 he proved his taste with a birthday present to his father: Botticelli's exquisite, miniature Annunciation...
Roth and associates had already lent $1,000,000 to U.S. Hoffman when Stahl and Di Salle were unable to pay the April 30 dividend. When the corporation could not meet its loan deadline. Roth agreed to buy Di Salle's and Stahl's shares at about a share (giving each roughly a $25,000 profit), Marcus' shares at about $7 each. Roth, who with his new directors has already lent the corporation another $1,500,000 and worked out financing for most of the parent company's $4,365,000 bank debt, will be Hoffman...