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| This painting, The Arrival of the Ambassadors is by Venetian artist Vittore Carpaccio. Venice, like other Italian city-states during the Renaissance, competed for prestige and political dominance and relied on diplomacy, and occasionally warfare, to protect its interests. | ||||||
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| Galleria dell' Accademia, Venice, Italy/Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York | ||||||
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