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Other known artists of the Gherardini family were Tommaso Gherardini, Stefano Gherardini, Melchiorre Gherardini, and Niccolò Gherardini, a friend of Galileo Galilei and his personal biographer. [32] Niccolo wrote the first biography of Galileo named Vita del signor Galileo Galilei (Life of Signor Galileo Galilei), and was a relative of Pope ...
Lisa del Giocondo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈliːza del dʒoˈkondo]; née Gherardini [ɡerarˈdiːni]; June 15, 1479 – July 14, 1542) was an Italian noblewoman and member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany.
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Gherardini is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Gherardini family of Montagliari, aristocratic family of Florence
Melchiorre Gherardini (1607–1668), known as Ceranino, was an Italian painter. Biography.
The Genoese map is a 1457 world map. The map relied extensively on the account of the traveler to Asia Niccolo da Conti , rather than the usual source of Marco Polo . [ 1 ] The author is not known, but is a more modern development than the Fra Mauro world map , with fairly good proportions given to each continents.
The map is very large – the full frame measures 2.4 by 2.4 metres (8 by 8 ft). This makes Fra Mauro's mappa mundi the world's largest extant map from early modern Europe. The map is drawn on high-quality vellum and is set in a gilded wooden frame. The large drawings are highly detailed and use a range of expensive colors; blue, red, turquoise ...
Alessandro Gherardini (16 November 1655 – 1726 [1]) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. Alessandro Gherardini, Saint Jerome as penitent. He was the pupil of the painter Alessandro Rosi . [ 2 ]