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Nicolo
Martines's father was a Spanish soldier who had settled in Naples in the late 17th century. He grew up there and for a time pursued a career as a soldier. In the early 1730s he became Maestro di Camera of the papal nuncio at the Habsburg court.
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was an
Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti. At the age of thirty-two, he was appointed court poet to Emperor Charles VI of Vienna. There he met his lifelong friend and companion Nicolo Martines.
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Maestro di Camera (major-domo) at the papal nuncio in Wien, the Pope's embassy to the Austrian Empire.
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For discussion, including translation of the inscription at the bottom of the portrait, see blog of
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Italian poet Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782), attributed to Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787)
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was an
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Marianna in Italy: The
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