patronage

February 28, 2015
Italian cardinal and art patron Pietro Ottoboni died on 28 February 1740 in Rome.

January 23, 2015
Art patron and cloth merchant Taddeo Taddei was born on 23 January 1470 in Florence.

January 22, 2015
The Italian banker and art patron Bindo Altoviti died on 22 January 1557 in his native Rome.