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                              Virgin Mary with Jesus,
                               John and an Angel  VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
                               This tondo by Jacopo del
                               Sellaio uses exuberant   Practical Information
                                colour. The Tuscan artist   Trg Nikole Šubića Zrinskog 11.
                               belonged to the circle    Tel (01) 489 51 17. Open 10am–
                               of Filippo Lippi and   7pm Tue, 10am–4pm Wed–Fri,
                               Sandro Botticelli.  10am–1pm Sat & Sun. & 8
                                                 ^(without flash).





                  Adam and Eve                 Key
                    This lively oil
                 on panel painting                Italian School 14th–16th century
                   is by Mariotto                 Italian School 16th–18th century
                 Albertinelli (1474–              Flemish and Dutch Masters and
                 1515), a Florentine              European School 15th–17th
                  painter. It shows               century
                   Adam and Eve                      French Masters 18th–19th century
               being expelled from                Non-exhibition space
                  Earthly Paradise.
















                                                      . St Augustine and
                                                           St Benedict
                                                       The work reveals the
                                                       expressive skill of the
                                                      great Venetian master,
                                                      Giovanni Bellini (1430–
                                                       1516). The figures of
                                                         the saints occupy
                                                           simple niches.








                                                . St Sebastian
                                                This delicate image of the saint
                                                by Vittore Carpaccio (1465–1525)
                                                was part of a polyptych. In this
                                                painting with its vivid colouring,
                    Main entrance               the Venetian master expresses the
                                                drama of the martyrdom through
                                                the smile of the young man at the
                                                moment of his death.




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