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Portrait of Leonello d'Este
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Christ in Pietà between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child and Saints Paul and Agnes with the donors Paolo and Agnese Cassotti
St. John the Evangelist
Erma with the portraits of Anton Raphael Mengs and José Nicolas de Azara
Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici
History of Roman Virginia
Saint Sebastian
St. Augustine baptizes the catechumens
Madonna and Child in a landscape
Orpheus and Eurydice
Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Magdalene
Madonna of the milk
Portrait of a young man
Portrait of Lucina Brembati
Mystical wedding of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Portrait of a twenty-nine year old young man
Portrait of a seated old man
Musical instruments
Portrait of Giovanni Secco Look with the servant
Portrait of a young painter
The Grand Canal from Ca' Foscari towards the Rialto bridge
Martyrdom of Saint John, bishop of Bergamo
Caterina Cornaro receives the announcement of her deposition from the Kingdom of Cyprus
Portrait of Maria Gallavresi as a child with her mother
Paolo and Francesca
Memory of a pain (Portrait of Santina Negri)

History of Roman Virginia

Sandro Botticelli

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Carrara Academy

Carrara Academy

Piazza Giacomo Carrara, 82 , Bergamo

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The painting illustrates an episode of Roman history narrated by Tito Livio and taken up by Petrarch and Boccaccio. The decemvir Appius Claudius, who fell in love with the young Virginia, already promised to the tribune Lucio Icilio, instructs Marcus Claudius to kidnap her, pretending that she is his escaped slave. Virginia is brought before the court, presided over by Appio himself, who declares her a slave to Mark. Her father, Lucio Virginio, kills her to prevent her honor from being tarnished. The narrative ends with the pain of the relatives and with the expulsion of the decemvirs from Rome.
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Title: History of Roman Virginia

Author: Sandro Botticelli

Date: 1500 - 1510

Technique: Tempera on wood

Displayed in: Carrara Academy

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