Two Venetian Ladies

Two Venetian Ladies is an oil on panel painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Vittore Carpaccio. The painting, believed to be a quarter of the original work, was executed around 1490 and shows two unknown Venetian ladies. The top portion of the panel, called Hunting on the Lagoon is in the Getty Museum, and another matching panel is missing.

Beginning in the nineteenth century, the painting began to be interpreted as depicting two courtesans, some commentators pointing to the red chopines, or platform clogs, on the left, as supposed markers of such women, while their apparent idleness, or their low décolletage, led others to that conclusion. Modern art historians think them more likely to be members of the patrician Torella family: the Torella crest appears on the vase shown on the parapet, and their fine clothes and pearl necklaces, suggest high status. The style of their gowns and p…

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