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,mthcr in lolon::nCt:. Ilis I",st dothes westCrn art. Along with two Flo,cntine
re;id,,] with the I"wnbmkcr, and he <"uldn't contcJllpol"1ries, the a",hi",,,, lI,undll:<chi _
af~",1 to I"r his ""i,unt, who c,,:nlUaUr took who t:t ught him l'<"t'l'ttti,'e _ and tlv: srulp".
him to law. A "'a",h f,. fresh p"mnage mar D,.,ateDo. ,\ "'saccio cmb"",,,] the l.i""il~cS of
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in 1418 , nL~·<"t to r<:turn. Onc "'I.'rt 'I",aks of &Uiblc indi,·id ... 1 and thc ,cal ",orld at thl:
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"i",jm n) the plague. a,ound him r"hcr than ti-om gi~]cd "",die,al
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crowd who ,trugglcd to ,utl·i,'1: and then In 1416 , ,,·hen his fo,me, coUabo,ator,
,'ani,h<,] anon)'Jllousl)· thmugh conAi", 0, ,\las<~ifl(), left the III"1""acci C hapel unfini,h<,]