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Meeting of the Betrothed Couple (detail)
1495
The Stories from the Life of St Ursula (1490-96)
Tempera on canvas
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

by Vittore Carpaccio (b. 1472, Venezia, d. 1526, Capodistria)

To the right of the pennant, on top of which the banner is shown blowing in the wind, we see the betrothed couple at their first meeting.