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Shown from the hips up against a landscape, a woman with pale skin, wearing a burgundy-red dress with marigold-orange sleeves and a sheer veil, sits facing our left in profile as she reads a small book in this vertical painting.
Venice: Bellini to Tintoretto

The Virgin Reading

Vittore Carpaccio
artist Vittore Carpaccio (Venetian, c. 1465–1525/1526)
date c. 1505
medium Oil on panel transferred to canvas
origin Italy
dimensions 78 × 51 cm
credit line Samuel H. Kress Collection
hall 10 Venice: Bellini to Tintoretto
rights public domain (CC0)
National Gallery of Art, Washington Full image

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