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darya1378
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Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli, Santa Maria Maddalena. Civic Museums of the Visconti Castle, Pavia © Musei Civici del Castello Visconteo, Pavia. Leonardo’s interest in perfumes may have been inspired by his mother Caterina, a mysterious woman who may have been an emancipated slave taken to Italy from her home in the Caucasus by way of Constantinople. (This is still unknown after years of inconclusive research.) Carlo Vecce, a professor of Italian literature at the University of Naples and one of the exhibition’s lead curators, documented her westward journey in his research.
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cryptojunkie
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wow, that's super interesting! never knew leonardo's mom might have been from the caucasus 👀 history is wild!
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