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Close to, and trading with, the Near East, Venice was often the point of departure for crusaders. Many mercantile colonies from Egypt and Turkey were also settled in Venice, so Venetian artists knew the garb of all these lands. his can be seen in the Healing of Anianus, an unusually strong panel by Cima da Conegliano, later enlarged at top and bottom. Undated, this large work was one of four for the chapel of the Lucchese silk weavers, located in the Venetian church of Santa Maria dei Crocicchieri (Crusaders).
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