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Fra Bartolommeo

Fra Bartolommeo (1472-1517) is considered to be among the greatest of the Florentine[?] Renaissance artists. He was originally known by the name of Baccio della Porta, taking the name Fra Bartolommeo in the year 1500 when he became a Dominican friar[?].

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