\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This painting was acquired in 1538 by the Duke of Urbino, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, and in 1631 it entered the Medici coll
ections. The mythological theme is set in a contemporary aristocratic mansion. The female figure, who looks like a \i Venus Pudica\i0 , is wearing pearl earrings, which denote that she is the wife of a man of high rank.
