Twelve Heads, Tempera on wood, Square, sides 18–18 1/4 in. (45.7–46.4 cm), Paintings, Italian (Lombard) Painter (first quarter 16th century), These twelve heads are from a series of at least forty-four panels that decorated the ceiling beams and upper walls of a small room in the palace of San Martino Gusnago, not far from Mantua. Whether they were commissioned by the military commander Francesco Secco or by Eusebio Malatesta, the Jewish advisor of Duke Federigo II Gonzaga, cannot be said
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Twelve Heads, Tempera, wood, Square, sides 18–18 1/4, 45.7–46.4 cm, Paintings, Italian, Lombard, Painter, first quarter 16th century, twelve, heads, series, forty-four panels, decorated, ceiling beams, upper walls, small room, palace, San Martino, Gusnago, far, Mantua, Whether, commissioned, military commander, Francesco, Secco, Eusebio Malatesta, Jewish advisor, Duke Federigo, II, Gonzaga, cannot, said
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