The Son of a Stonecutter In the city of Verona, the son of a stonecutter named Gabriele began a life that would eventually drape the grandest halls of Venice in color. Born in 1528, the boy known as Paolo Caliari grew up amidst the heavy, sculpted forms of his father's trade. This early exposure to the permanence of stone likely informed the architectural precision that would later define his canvases. He began his training under Antonio Badile and later studied with Giovanni Francesco Caroto, learning the foundational mechanics of his craft. By the time he moved to Venice in the 1550s, the s…