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... Lorenzo Lotto's drawing of a monk in his study done at the beginning of the sixteenth century and now in the British Museum . Here once more we have the inevitable dog , whereas a painting by Lorenzo Lotto of a young man in his study ...
... Lorenzo Lotto's drawing of a monk in his study done at the beginning of the sixteenth century and now in the British Museum . Here once more we have the inevitable dog , whereas a painting by Lorenzo Lotto of a young man in his study ...
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... into a handsome cabinet ' . However , this was almost certainly an example of an even prettier optical illusion : the Plate 3 Lorenzo Lotto : Young man in his study THE FIGURE OF TRANSPORT 5 in the Accademia, features not a dog but a ...
... into a handsome cabinet ' . However , this was almost certainly an example of an even prettier optical illusion : the Plate 3 Lorenzo Lotto : Young man in his study THE FIGURE OF TRANSPORT 5 in the Accademia, features not a dog but a ...
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... Lorenzo in the Merchant of Venice : There's not the smallest orb which thou beholdst But in his motion like an angel sings , Still quiring to the young - eyed cherubins , - Such harmony is in immortal souls . With these neoplatonically ...
... Lorenzo in the Merchant of Venice : There's not the smallest orb which thou beholdst But in his motion like an angel sings , Still quiring to the young - eyed cherubins , - Such harmony is in immortal souls . With these neoplatonically ...
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