Every Day a Painting for September 11, 2026

Alessandro Alberti with a Page (1544–1545)

North Italian 16th Century; Gian Paolo Pace

Oil on Canvas. Italian, Renaissance.

Italian Paintings of the Sixteenth Century

This painting’s inscription can be found in the letter resting on the table. It tells us that this man is Alessandro Alberti, and this portrait was painted in Venice when he was 30. A member of the e…

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