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Bellini modelled the landscape on that of the Venetian mainland. The buildings in the background recur in other works from his studio. The flesh and drapery are much damaged.
Bought in Faenza, 1858.
Davies 1961, pp. 57-8
Goffen 1989, pp. 60-3
Dunkerton 1991, p. 356', 'ObjectStatusID' : '1', 'PublicAccess' : '1', 'GroupNumber' : '', 'GroupTitle' : '', 'GroupArtist' : '', 'GroupDate' : '', 'GroupParts' : '', 'ImageID' : '178', 'ImageFile' : 'N-0599-00-000056-WZ-PYR.tif', 'ImageCode' : 'N-0599-00-000056-WZ', 'ImagePath' : '/pics/tmp/websiteimages/Website_Collection_Online/Web Zoom Images/WZ web NG Fronts/', 'ImageLevels' : '6', 'ImageXsize' : '6000', 'ImageYsize' : '4665', 'FileGroup_ID' : '14', 'impos' : '97'} /* Array ( [0] => 
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Bellini modelled the landscape on that of the Venetian mainland. The buildings in the background recur in other works from his studio. The flesh and drapery are much damaged.
Bought in Faenza, 1858.
Davies 1961, pp. 57-8
Goffen 1989, pp. 60-3
Dunkerton 1991, p. 356
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