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    Of which Italian painter who until very recently was referred to with the name of his father's profession ("dyer"), has it now been found out what his true family name was, and to what spice does that surname refer?

    Question #74998. Asked by Flem-ish. (Jan 25 07 4:00 PM)


    smartie806

    		This sounds like Tintoretto; I'm looking for the rest of the answer.

    Jan 25 07, 4:12 PM
    smartie806

    		Tintoretto's given name was Jacopo Comin, which translates to the spice name "cumin."

    http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/01/21/tintoretto-name.html?ref=rss

    Jan 25 07, 4:14 PM
    Flem-ish

    		Very smart indeed.

    Jan 25 07, 4:40 PM
    lanfranco

    		I have to say, Flem-ish, that I'm somewhat skeptical of the source of this information. The geneaology in question does include other assertions of dubious validity.

    Still, this is interesting information, and we can hope that some corroborating archival evidence turns up.

    Jan 25 07, 5:06 PM

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