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Girl with a Platter of Fruit

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Girl with a Platter of Fruit
ArtistTitian
Yearc. 1555–1558
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions102 cm × 82 cm (40 in × 32 in)
LocationGemäldegalerie, Berlin

Girl with a Platter of Fruit (German: Mädchen mit Fruchtschale), also known as Lavinia Holding a Charger Filled with Fruit, Lavinia as Flora, and Pomona, is an oil painting by the Venetian painter Titian, made in about 1555–1558, and currently in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie, in Berlin.

History

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Lavinia with a Platter of Fruit (detail)

The picture was painted about 1550–1555.[1] It was bought in 1832 at Florence from |Abbate Celotti.[1] A similar picture is mentioned in the collection of Emperor Rodolphe II at Prague.[1]

Gronau mentions a "fine replica, done probably in the artist's workshop", which entered the collection of the Earl of Malmesbury.[1]

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  • Young Woman with a Dish of Fruit by Titian, c. 1555–58
    Young Woman with a Dish of Fruit by Titian, c. 1555–58
  • Young Woman with a Dish of Fruit in its frame
    Young Woman with a Dish of Fruit in its frame
  • Print by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649–51
    Print by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649–51
  • Unfinished etching by James Heath, 1815
    Unfinished etching by James Heath, 1815

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Gronau 1904, p. 285.

Sources

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