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Varotari is credited with few works, about ten in all, mostly portraits. This portrait is distinguished by a particular accuracy in clothes and jewels. The sitter, identified as Pantasilea, member of the venerable Dotto family, and wife of Pio Capodilista, who was a commander of the Serenissima, is depicted on a dark and uniform background. The features of the woman are second to the symbols and emblems announcing her social status.
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