Word: ovetari
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...Sense of Drama. Like Crivelli. Man tegna, the son of a carpenter, studied under the strict Paduan master, Francesco Squarcione. He was such a precocious pupil that, at the age of 17, he got a commission to do a number of frescoes in Padua's Ovetari Chapel. From then on his future seemed secure. He married the daughter of the painter Jacopo Bellini; the Marchese Francesco Gonzaga made him a knight, and Lorenzo the Magnificent sang his praises...
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