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Paolo Fiammingo also known as Paolo dei Franceschi or Pauwels Franck was born at Antwerp in 1540 but went when young to Venice where he became a student of Tintoretto and resided during the remainder of his life. He principally excelled in painting landscapes although he sometimes produced historical subjects. In the church of San Niccolo de’ Frari at Venice are two pictures by this master of The Descent from the Cross and St.
