Word: vecellio
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Dates: during 1955-1955
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...clear the air, Venice last month quietly issued a revised catalogue for the Giorgione show. A Self Portrait, originally called "unquestionably an original," became "probably" one. A Masculine Portrait now became "probably" Titian's; a Pieta, "tenably" the work of Titian's little-known brother, Francesco Vecellio. In Rome, one art authority snorted: "The Giorgione show is a scandal. It's costing everyone connected with it face." A more serious problem facing an art market already overloaded with fake Giorgiones was pointed out by Turin University's Anna Maria Brizio: "Unfortunately, there is in the show...
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