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Angel Playing the Lute Rosso Fiorentino, 1518
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Angel Playing the Lute

Rosso Fiorentino Β· 1518

Why it's great

A small, round-faced angel plucks a lute with her eyes cast down. Rosso Fiorentino painted it in about 1518, and it is a sweet, playful painting that has become a favorite.

Where to see it

πŸ“ Uffizi GalleryFlorence, Italy

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About the artist

Rosso Fiorentino

1494–1540 Β· born in Florence Β· died in Fontainebleau

Rosso Fiorentino was a Florentine painter born in 1494 with wild red hair. He painted jagged, strange and colorful pictures, and went to France to decorate the palace at Fontainebleau for King Francis I. He died there in 1540.

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