Modern art historians think them more likely members to be of the patrician Torella family, as suggested by their fine clothes and the pearl necklaces, but academic debate continues, as with other similar Venetian paintings of the period.
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Camillo dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, January 10, 1882 – Havana, September 5, 1949), was the 2nd and last Principe di Candriano, son of Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa, and second wife Laura Caracciolo dei Principi di Torella, Duchi di Lavello, Marchesi di Bella.
Rodolfo Graziani, “Libia Redenta”, Torella Editore; Napoli, 1948, pp.