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With a vast maritime empire and firm control of overland Silk Road routes, Venice in the early 16th century was at its peak. The artist synonymous with those dazzling years is Vittore Carpaccio (around 1465-1525/26) whose religious scenes often had an urbane and elaborate splendour that places them immediately in what was then likely Europe's richest enclave. To a remarkable degree, the major works of Carpaccio are still to be found in Venice proper,
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