RARELY LENT FROM THE PITTI PALACE IN FLORENCE, ITALY, RAPHAEL SANZIO'S PAINTING 'THE WOMAN WITH THE VEIL' IS MAKING ITS LAST AMERICAN APPEARANCE AT THE MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM. RESPONDING TO LEONARDO DA VINCI'S 'MONA LISA', RAPHAEL DEVELOPED HIS OWN IDEA OF BEAUTY IN THE PORTRAIT, WHICH WAS COMPLETED AROUND 1516. THE WOMAN APPEARS IN MANY OF HIS IMPORTANT WORKS AND SOME BELIEVE SHE WAS RAPHAEL'S LOVER, EVEN THOUGH HER VEIL IN THE PAINTING INDICATES THAT SHE IS MARRIED. IT WAS ONCE CONSIDERED THE MOST FAMOUS PAINTING IN THE WORLD.'LA DONNA VELATA', THE ITALIAN TRANSLATION, WILL BE ON VIEW FROM 27.MARCH THROUGH 6.JUNE. THE PORTLAND ART MUSEUM AND THE NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART WERE THE ONLY OTHER AMERICAN MUSEUMS TO EXHIBIT THE PAINTING ON THIS HISTORIC TOUR.
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