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Orsini, Paolo Giordano, II (Italian patron, poet, and amateur artist, 1591-1656)
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Note: Paolo Giordano II was raised in Florence, where he frequented the Medici court. His castle at Lake Bracciano, near Rome, attracted virtuosi, singers, and poets; he was supposedly friends with Alessandro Algardi and Gianlorenzo Bernini, and the latter made a bronze portrait bust of him (1624). Paolo also commissiond from Bernini marble busts of himself and his wife Isabella (ca. 1630-1635); the bust shows his flamboyant appearance, featuring windswept hair, pointed beard and upturned moustache. He also had his portrait engraved by Ottavio Leoni (ca. 1625) and his collection of medals included a series of ten featuring his portrait (1611-1635). He commissioned "The Tempest" (possibly 1638-1639) from Claude Lorrain, perhaps alluding to his motto: contra ventos et undas ('against wind and waves'). A drawing by Claude, "Coast View with the Castle of Paolo," shows an Orsini castle. Paolo was also an amateur painter, draftsman, and engraver; an Orsini inventory of 1707 lists a "Landscape with the Story of Leto" by his hand. He corresponded with Queen Christina of Sweden, informing her on art and artists in Rome. An inventory of 1656 of his collection lists works by Flemish artists such as Paul Bril, woodcuts by Dürer, and paintings by Tintoretto, Salvator Rosa, and Daniele da Volterra. |
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Orsini, Paolo Giordano, II (preferred,V,index) |
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Paolo Giordano Orsini II (V,display) |
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Paolo Giordano II Orsini, Duca di Bracciano (V) |
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he became Duca in 1615 |
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Paolo Giordano Orsini II, Duca di Bracciano (V) |
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Orsini family |
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(Italian family of patrons, active from the 12th century) [500121821] |
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Bernini, Gian Lorenzo |
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(Italian sculptor, architect, 1598-1680) [500032022] |
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(Italian patron, poet, and amateur artist, 1591-1656) ..... [VP Preferred]
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| Paolo Giordano II Orsini, Duca di Bracciano ........ | [VP] |
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Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 11 October 2004 |
| Paolo Giordano Orsini II, Duca di Bracciano ........ | [VP] |
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