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31: 240: 363:, the greatest Venetian dramatist, only the San Luca and the Malibran still put on spoken drama, and his desertion of the Grimani for the Vendramins at San Luca in 1752 was a major event in the theatrical history of the period, ushering in perhaps his finest period, in which as well as his comedies, he played a significant role in the development of the 313:
All the main Venetian theatres were owned by important patrician families; combining business with pleasure in the Italian, if not European, city with the most crowded and competitive theatrical culture. When most opera in Europe was still being put on by courts, "economic prospects and a desire for
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exhibitionistic display", as well a decline in their traditional overseas trading, attracted the best Venetian families to invest in the theatre during the 17th century.
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Cardinal Domenico Grimani was a noted art collector. Many ancient sculptures were found on land the family had purchased on the
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ca. 1515–1520 and by 1520 owned, though possibly not originally commissioned, by Cardinal
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Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe
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Perry, Marilyn. "Cardinal Domenico Grimani's Legacy of Ancient Art to Venice",
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Povoledo, Elisabetta. "The Grimanis of Venice Share Their Treasures Again",
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Giorgio Grimani (fl. 1728), commander of the Venetian Fleet (Latin:
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was descended from the Grimani family on his mother's side.
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The Grimani were dominant, owning what is now called the
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The following structures are associated with the family:
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Lorenzo Bianconi, Giorgio Pestelli, Lydia G. Cochrane;
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Index

Grimani Breviary

Venetian
patrician
Doges of Venice
Antonio Grimani
Antonio Grimani
Domenico Grimani
Giovanni VI Grimani
Marino Grimani
Vincenzo Grimani
Cardinal
opera
librettist
Marino Grimani
Morosina Morosini-Grimani
Vitruvius
Pietro Grimani
Elisabetta Grimani
Edmund Grimani Hornby
British Supreme Court for China and Japan
Villa Gazzotti Grimani
Palladio
Palazzo Grimani
Grand Canal of Venice
Palazzo Civran Grimani
San Francesco della Vigna
Teatro Malibran
Quirinal Hill
Venice National Archaeological Museum

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