The Venetian Echoes of Polidoro da Lanciano To encounter the works of Polidoro da Lanciano is to step into a luminous era where the boundaries between the earthly and the divine were painted with unparalleled grace. Born Alessandro Lanzani around 1515 in the quiet, Adriatic-adjacent town of Lanciano, Italy, this master emerged from a lineage of artistry; his grandfather, Alessandro Rienzo, was a practitioner of ceramic painting, providing a foundational connection to the decorative and narrative traditions of the Abruzzi region. While his origins lay inland, Polidoro’s soul was irrevocably d…