At either end of the wings of the villa, through the vanishing perspective of the rooms that open off the sides of the Sala dell'Olimpo, one can see a gentlewoman with a fan looking out from faux painted door, and a gentleman who has just returned from hunting, accompanied by his dog. Like the painted figures in the transepts of the Sala a Crociera, the nobleman returning from the hunt belongs to the contemporary viewer's world. Accordding to some, this is a self-portrait by Veronese.
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