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...The first written description of a blood orange in Italy comes from a book on citrus fruit by Giovanni Battista Ferrari published in 1646....
...Dotted across the chart are names of fictional global customers — from Brad and David to Lebron, Li and Margaret....
...Iowa-based Meredith’s bid is backed by $650m in preferred equity from Koch Equity Development, Charles and David Koch’s private equity arm....
...“Meredith presented us with an opportunity to combine companies to create even greater scale and financial flexibility,” Rich Battista, Time Inc’s chief executive wrote in a memo to staff....
...In a short interview Mr Di Battista denied that this would resonate with voters....
...Alongside paintings by Canaletto were works by the Riccis, Carriera, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta and Pietro Longhi....
...Then there is the remarkable Giovanni Battista Belzoni, an Italian barber and circus strongman who washed up, destitute, in Malta in 1815....
...David Goldthorpe, head of books at Sotheby’s, the auction house, sold a Birds of America for £7.3m a few years ago. He says it was “the best thing I have ever done professionally”....
...Stair Sainty Gallery offers “Galatée” by David’s pupil Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson....
...The Court houses fine 19th-century reproductions of Renaissance monuments: a five-metre cast of Michelangelo’s “David”, the doors from Florence Cathedral’s “Gates of Paradise”, Jacopo della Quercia’s arch...
...Even the idea of creating replicas to help protect originals is not a new one: Michelangelo’s “David” was moved into the Accademia gallery in Florence in 1873 following concerns over its welfare; a replica...
...Its highlights include two watercolour views of Rome by Giovanni Battista Lusieri (est. £400,000 each)....
...The 18th-century engravings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi showed cities seemingly built by giants with contemporary dwellers picking around in their colossal ruins, overawed by their scale....
...ParisBattista Franco From Thursday, the Louvre presents an exhibition of the drawings of 16th-century Venetian artist Battista Franco....
...The museum is also hosting Piranesi as Designer, a celebration of the 18th-century architect and printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s interiors, design, furniture and objects....
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