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# 69 • OCTOBER 5 , 2015
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ITALIAN ART:
Carpaccio misunderstooD
By Enrico De Iulis
The story of the painting of Vittore Carpaccio
known as "courtesans" is somewhat emblematic and interesting because it is source of many
misunderstandings and interpretations. In the
nineteenth century, John Ruskin gave this
table oil painted between 1490 and 1495 title "courtesans". The painting was showing two
women immersed in the