salvinati

Updated: May 6, 2025

Leonardo Salvinati, the leader of the Della Cruscan Academy, wishing to ingratiate himself with the court, joined in the hostility. Tasso's papers were stolen, and his letters intercepted and read, and a false construction was put upon everything he did. At first the duke refused to hear the various accusations that were brought against him, and continued to show him every mark of esteem.

Hugh Macmillan - Roman Mosaics: Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood