Tag: portrait
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Sage Soul
Signor Cucchiara, retired sheep farmer and cheese maker, Salemi, Sicily
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Portrait of a Young Woman
Portrait of a young Sicilian baroness, 1906, from Villa Trigona.
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Appreciation for Wine and an Unknown Man
This bottle of wine is significant for a few reasons. First, the outstanding portrait on the label is important to discuss. It is of an unknown man, believed to be a wealthy merchant from Lipari Island, one of the Eolian Islands. It was painted by renowned Sicilian artist Antonello da Messina (1430-1479) in the mid…