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Paolo Veronese, Portrait of Daniele Barbaro, 1560 c., Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum.

By many, he is considered the most prominent cultural worker of mid-sixteenth-century Venice. For his re-edition of Vitruvius' literary work De Architectura by Vitruvius, Barbaro was called the Architect of Knowledge.

Born in Venice into one of the oldest dynasties, Daniele Barbaro grew up in a family with excellent cultural foundations, as demonstrated by his great-uncle Ermolao Barbaro's humanistic and religious background. He pursued scientific studies in Padua and attended courses in philosophy with Marcantonio Passeri and in mathematics with Federico Delfino, although he eventually graduated in the Arts. His first relationships with the leading men of letters of the time began at a young age in Padua, forging friendships with Giovanni della Casa, Alvise Cornaro, Benedetto Varchi, Sperone Speroni and Pi

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