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Combat of Love and Chastity Pietro Perugino, 1503
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Combat of Love and Chastity

Pietro Perugino Β· 1503

Why it's great

Goddesses with spears fight with the god of love, in a battle among nymphs and satyrs in a flowery meadow. Pietro Perugino painted it in 1503 for the study of a duchess.

Where to see it

πŸ“ Louvre MuseumParis, France

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About the artist

Pietro Perugino

1448–1523 Β· born in CittΓ  della Pieve Β· died in Fontignano

Pietro Perugino was an Italian painter, born near Perugia in about 1448. He painted calm, sweet figures in wide, airy landscapes, and he taught Raphael. He died in 1523.

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