Jacopo Negretti called Palma the Elder, Portrait of a Woman know as Portrait of a Courtsesan 1520 /
Jacopo Negretti called Palma the Elder, Portrait of a Woman know as Portrait of a Courtsesan 1520 / Like other Venetian paintings of women from early sixteenth-century, this work was traditionally believed to be the portrait of a courtesan. Actually this female portrait contain precise allusions to marriage: the woman here represented displays her breast, a symbol of fertility, an offering of love and a seductive appeal. She has loosed her hair, an ancient tradition for Venetian brides, and wears a white blouse, a typical element of the bride’s trousseau and a symbol of chastity.Museo Poldi Pezzol, Milan -- source link
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