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McMullan Bellini type Bergama rug, 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

 

Dimensions: H: 79 3/4 in. (202.6 cm) W: 61 1/2 in. (156.2 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973
Accession Number: 1974.149.26

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

 

 

 

 

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)