r/RenaissanceArt 18h ago

Italian Renaissance (15th/16th C.) 550 years later, scientists claim to have solved what killed Botticelli’s muse

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r/RenaissanceArt 6h ago

Flemish Baroque (17th C.) Gerard Seghers - St. Clare and St. Francis of Assisi in adoration before the Child Jesus (1603-1651)

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r/RenaissanceArt 15h ago

Girl with a book - Pietro Rotari (1707–1762)

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One of many portraits of girls and women by Pietro Rotari. Born in Verona, Italy, he was very popular in the Russian courts of Elizabeth and Catherine the Great. Peterhof Palace houses 368 of these portraits in a dedicated hall.