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2 unusual facts about The Art of Painting


Maria Thins

For her help she received The Art of Painting, one of the finest, most mysterious and famous paintings in the history of Western Art.

The Art of Painting

After the Nazi invasion of Austria, top Nazi officials including Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring attempted to acquire the painting.



see also

Marbling

Marbleizing, also called faux marbling, the art of painting walls or furniture to look like real marble

Niccolò Cassana

He trained with his father, Giovanni Francesco Cassana, a Genoese painter, who had been taught the art of painting by Bernardo Strozzi.