Taking silver casts after engraved gemstones and ancient coins, which since 1497 adorn the reliquary Shrine of Saint Simeon in Zadar, as its point of departure this study by Dr. Stanko Kokole deals with the early history of collecting classical artifacts on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It focuses on two humanistically educated prelates: Maffeo Vallaresso (Archbishop of Zadar 1450-1495) and his brother, Giacomo Vallaresso (Bishop of Koper 1482-1503). This is the first article by a Slovenian author that has thus far appeared in the Studies in the History of Art (ISSN 0091-7338).
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Placing particular emphasis on the characteristic patterns of patronage, which were shared by the regional artistic centers of Venice, Gorizia, Ljubljana and Rijeka, Dr. Matej Klemenčič synthetically discusses several recent findings concerning the late-17th- and 18th-century sculptors and stonemasons supplying Istria and Quarnero in a thorough article that appeared in the prestigious journal Saggi e Memorie di storia dell'arte published by the leading Venetian research institute Fondazione Giorgio Cini (cf. http://www.cini.it/index.php/it/publication/list/3).
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