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  • Escape from ‘Il Piombi’

    • July 24, 2021
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    On 26th July 1755 Giacomo Casanova exchanged the pleasures of the life of a Venetian libertine for that of an inmate in ‘Il Piombi’ (‘The Leads’).  His cramped, backache-inducing cell was larchwood-lined, measured eight feet by ten feet and was five feet in height (Casanova was himself over six feet).  The entrance was a lofty three
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  • Casanova and the affair of Giustiniana Wynne – part 2

    • September 15, 2018
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      The second of four posts on Casanova and the affair of Giustiniana Wynne. Central to the blossoming of the pair’s romance was the wealthy English merchant and voracious collector and dealer Consul Joseph Smith (for several years he had been the agent for Canaletto).  He had been a friend of Sir Richard Wynne, knew
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