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A West Anatolian Re-Entrant prayer rug, 18th century or earlier, 135x194cm (4'5"x6'5"), the property of a European Nobleman (Sotheby's Obtober 12, 1997)

 

Husband and Wife
1523
Oil on canvas, 98 x 118 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

by Lorenzo Lotto - Italian painter, Venetian school (b. ca. 1480, Venezia, d. 1556, Loreto)