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Word: frary (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bodies, alternated between harlots, duchesses and his daughter Lavinia for his models. Still painting at the age of 90. his trembling hands and failing eyes produced the technique that led to French Impressionism. The bargaining instinct never left him. Wanting to be buried in the swank Church of the Frari, he offered to swap the monks a new Pieta for a fine funeral. Death caught him before the picture was finished, but the monks burned extra candles for their part of the bargain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Venetian Regrets | 5/13/1935 | See Source »

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