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Botticelli's
Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici
, Accademia Carrara (
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)
, Bergamo
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Founded in the late 18th century, Milan's Pinacoteca di Brera (
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)
and Ber-
gamo's Accademia Carrara (
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) housed the teaching aids of the day: a roll call of
Italian masters including Titian, Tintoretto, Botticelli, Raphael, Caravaggio and the Bellini
brothers. The masterpieces number in their thousands and represent the stunning arc of