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Article: CULTURE : Enigmatic faces of the Renaissance.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- November 22, 2005
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Byline: Terry Grimley
A painting attributed to the 15th century Venetian artist Giorgione has been lent to Birmingham's Barber Institute of Arts for the next five years.
The small painting of an unidentified boy is included in an exhibition of portraits which is on display until mid-January.
Giorgione (circa 1477-1510) is the rarest and most mysterious of major Italian Renaissance artists. Only five paintings are definitely known to be by him, and even one of the greatest of them, The Tempest, is an enigma because its subject is unclear.
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