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    Antonio Ruffo (1610 or 1611 - 16 June 1678) was an important Sicilian politician, nobleman, patron and collector from the Ruffo di Calabria family. He...
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    Rembrandt's patron Antonio Ruffo, Russian princess Elisabetta di Sasso Ruffo, the flying ace Fulco Ruffo di Calabria and his daughter Paola Ruffo di Calabria...
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    Historians know that in 1649 she was in Naples again, corresponding with Don Antonio Ruffo of Sicily, who became her mentor during this second Neapolitan period...
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  • (1400–1420), princess of Calabria Albert J. Ruffo (1908–2003), American politician Andrée Ruffo, Canadian judge Antonio Ruffo (1610s–1678), Sicilian politician...
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    Northern Italy. Beside Marco Ruffo, at least three contemporary Italians had this nickname in Russia: Antonio Fryazin (Antonio Gislardi), Bon Fryazin (Marco...
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    his stay in Sicily he painted, amongst others, three paintings for Antonio Ruffo, the duke of Messina, who was an important collector of Italian, Flemish...
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    painted in 1653, as a commission from a Sicilian nobleman named Don Antonio Ruffo, who did not request any particular subject. Despite not knowing what...
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  • Vincenzo Ruffo (c. 1508 – 9 February 1587) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the composers most responsive to the musical reforms...
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    Piombino. He was the fourth son of Ugo, 4th Duke of Sora and Duchess Maria Ruffo di Bagnara. He grew up in the shadow of his 3 elder brothers, and was not...
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    D(OM)INI 1491 K(ALENDIS) M(ARTIIS) I(USSIT) P(ONERE). Together with Marco Ruffo, Solari also built the Palace of Facets in the Kremlin. He died in Moscow...
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