Neptune and Amphitrite
painting by Mabuse
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history of Renaissance art
- In Western painting: Low Countries
…paintings, such as the “Neptune and Amphitrite” (Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin) of 1516, indicate that he was able to understand only the superficialities and not the motivation and terribilità of Michelangelo’s nudes. Bernard van Orley remained in Brussels and learned of Italy through Raphael’s cartoons, which were sent…
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