When the miniaturist Giulia Clovio reentered the household of his former patron Cardinal Marino Grimani in 1534, he was returning to the sophisticated environment in which he had been trained. [1] Between 1516, when Clovio left his native Croatia at the age of eighteen, and approximately 1523, Clovio had enjoyed the benefits of the Grimani's support, most likely living with Marino in the Roman residence of Cardinal Domenico Grimani, Marino's uncle and mentor. [2] In the intervening ...