Koushiki Patra
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20th Century • India
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The Laughing Youth
The Laughing Youth, also known as Head of a Laughing Youth, was painted around 1583–85 and is now in the Galleria Borghese, Rome. It is an oil painting on paper applied to canvas. The work belongs to Carracci's group of small portrait studies, or ritrattini.…
Saint Benedict destroying Idols
The painting celebrates the truimph of Christian faith over paganism. The Saint Benecdict is a symbol of true faith and devotion to Christianity. He destroys the idols and altars of pagan Gods which is symbolic of rejecting falsehood of the so called pretentious pagan gods.…