Marcantonio Michiel
Writer and art collector from Italy · Writers · Lived 1484 to 1552 · aged 68
Marcantonio Michiel (1484-1552) was a Venetian noble from a family prominent in the service of the state who was interested in matters of art.
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About this person
His notes on the contemporary art collections of Venice, Padua, Milan and other northern Italian centres, written sporadically between 1521 and 1543 and preserved in the Biblioteca Marciana, provide a major primary source for art historians and a less thoroughly inspected source for historians of décor.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1484 to 1552 · aged 68
