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Summary

Paris Bordone: A Pair of Lovers

Artist



Alternative names	Bordone
Description	Italian painter
Date of birth/death	5 July 1500	29 January 1571
Location of birth/death	Treviso	Venice
Work location	Venice, Italy, France
Authority file	: Q366081 VIAF: 47034626 ISNI: 0000000083433901 ULAN: 500018343 LCCN: n86081102 WGA: b/bordone WorldCat

Title

Italian:

Una coppia di amanti

A Pair of Lovers

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

Pair of Lovers. National Gallery, London/ The painting has been entitled Daphnis and Chloe, presumably because the man's tentative advances suggest the problems which this pair of lovers had, as related in the Greek pastoral romance of that title by Longus, probably of the 3rd century AD. But many other subjects are possible.

Date

probably about 1535-50

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 139.1 cm (54.7 in)

; width: 122 cm (48 in)

Collection

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Parent institution	Board of Trustees of the National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 32″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q180788 VIAF: 144868906 ISNI: 0000000406058908 ULAN: 500125190 LCCN: n80081622 NLA: 35311349 WorldCat

Accession number

NG637 (National Gallery)

References

Source/Photographer

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG637

Permission
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Other versions

image with frame
different from: Venus and Adonis

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:50, 24 March 2018	5,301 × 6,000 (13.22 MB)	Aavindraa	higher quality same source
	20:34, 14 January 2011	530 × 600 (140 KB)	Ham II	Higher-quality version from http://en.gallerix.ru/album/National-Gallery-London-5/pic/glrx-1789378593
	14:23, 1 April 2009	512 × 600 (32 KB)	Shakko	{{Information \|Description='''Pair of Lovers'''. National Gallery, London/ The painting has been entitled '''Daphnis and Chloe''', presumably because the man's tentative advances suggest the problems which this pair of lovers had, as related in the Greek