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Lessons in Politeness and a Naples Love Story
A fragment from a Victorian piece recounts Antonio the humble smith’s rise through devotion to craft and a romance with Violetta, daughter of painter Colantonio del Fiore. Antonio travels to Naples, earns skill, wins consent after ten years, and faces trials of courtship amid art and social codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chieti
Thomas de Steffani
Gennaro di Colo
Pietro
Naples
Antonio
Colantonio del Fiore
Italy
Violetta
Violet
Chilti
Violetti
del Fiore
Solario
Byithe Gaptian
Antonie
Equrée
Signor del_ Fiore
Fareed
Ioletta
Signor
Po-Lippo Daluesio
Bologna
Madonna
Violétia
Nand
Vivarii
Venice
Bicci
Galasso
Ferrara
Pisanello
Fabriéno
Rome
del Fi
Sen
Elena