[Johanni Bapt. Pittoni Pictori]

Giovanni Battista Pittoni was one of the leading representatives of 18th-century Venetian painting. He trained in his native city with his uncle Francesco and perfected his style b...

Polyxena, with whom Achilles fell in love, was the younger daughter of Priam and Hecuba, the king and queen of Troy. She was partly responsible for Achilles’ death, having promised...

the portrait is set within an architectural altarpiece surmounted by a female figure holding a billowing sail-like piece of material; she has long hair that falls down, locks of wh...