Question: The Carraresi (or da Carrara) were an important family of northern Italy in the 12th to 15th centuries, Francesco il Vecchio, son of Giacomo, a close friend of Petrarch in his early years, was a noted patron of Petrarch himself, his retirement years were spent at Arquà, a Carrara fief, and he bequeathed to Francesco his picture of the Virgin by which Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages?
Sentence (from "Carraresi"): Their extensive land holdings in the Paduan "contado" were supplemented by extensive property within the "comune" itself, and their political prominence made them comparable to the Scaligeri of contemporary Verona, or the Visconti of Milan.
Relevant evidence: No