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Giorgio Vasari  (1511–1574)  wikidata:Q128027 s:en:Author:Giorgio Vasari q:en:Giorgio Vasari
 
Giorgio Vasari
Description Italian painter, architect and historian
Date of birth/death 30 July 1511 Edit this at Wikidata 27 June 1574 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Arezzo Florence
Work period 1527 Edit this at Wikidata–1574 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q128027
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English: The Battle of Lepanto. The combined Christian navel forces (Holy League) of Spain, Venice, and the Papacy defeated the Turkish fleet at Lepanto, October 7, 1571. Vasari was commissioned by Pope Pius to commemorate the event in the Sala Regia in the Vatican. The foreground includes an allegorical representation of the three Christian powers.
Date 1572
date QS:P571,+1572-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer Zeno.org: http://images.zeno.org/Kunstwerke/I/big/77j404a.jpg
institution QS:P195,Q145093


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