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VERONESE, Paolo: Portrait of a Venetian Woman (La Belle Nani)

🖼 Portrait of a Venetian Woman (La Belle Nani), c. 1560
Oil on canvas
119 × 103 cm
Paris, France

Luminous skin and jeweled fabrics dominate this three-quarter portrait, rendered with Veronese's characteristic richness and fluid brushwork. The sitter's enigmatic gaze and sumptuous display of wealth established the prototype for Venetian elite portraiture, influencing European court painting for centuries.

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