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"The Piccoli collection may be that of Giuseppe Piccoli, a collector who lived in Venice. The museum\u2019s records originally listed Piccoli later in the provenance \u2013 in between the 1927 Galerie Georges Giroux sale and the 1941 Galerie Fievez sale. However, this chronology seems incorrect: If Giuseppe Piccoli is indeed the Piccoli in question, he could not have purchased it at the 1927 sale, since he had died in 1924. Furthermore, the geographical trajectory indicated by the museum\u2019s original provenance (Belluno/Brussels/Venice/Brussels) is less logical than a provenance in which the painting went from Belluno to Venice, and then to Brussels for a longer, uninterrupted period of time. Verification of this new proposed provenance is ongoing.\u201d
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"description": "Possibly a palace chapel, Belluno, Italy",
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"description": "A devout woman, shown at lower right, is presented by saints and an angel to the central Virgin and Child. In clockwise order from her is Saint Lucy, identified by the cauldron and sword at her feet; Saint Agnes, by the lamb; Saint Scholastica, by the dove she holds; and Saint Benedict, characterized by his crozier and Benedictine habit. Slightly below the central Madonna is Saint Veronica, whose head is covered. Behind Saint Veronica, Saint Anthony of Padua, wearing a Franciscan habit and holding a lily stalk, stands in a pose of adoration. Below Saint Anthony and next to the woman is an angel. The identity of the woman is uncertain, but she may be the painting's patron. Pittoni uses dramatic gestures and elegant drapery, while the soft treatment of light and rich colors reflect Pittoni's study of French Rococo art during his stay in France in 1720. In the crowded composition, Pittoni has emphasized the importance of the religious event. His experimentation with composition is evident in the legs of Saint Agnes's lamb; as the painting has aged, a third front leg that Pittoni had painted over has become visible.",
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"citation": "Galerie George Ciroux: Catalogue de la Collection Euge\u0300ne Broerman. 1927.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: P. 48, no. 24, pl. 17",
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"citation": "Co\u0300ggiola Pittoni, Laura. Opere Inedite, Rivendicate o poco note di Giambattista Pittoni. Venezia, 1933.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: P.31, fig. 35",
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"citation": "Pittoni, Laura Cogiola. \"Pseudo influenza francese nell'arte di Giambattista Pittoni.\" Rivista di Venezia XII, no. 8 (August 1933): 399-412.",
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