Pair of lovers. National gallery, london/ the painting has been entitled daphnis and chloe, presumably because the man's tentative advances suggest the problems which this pair of lovers had, as related in the greek pastoral romance of that title by longus, probably of the 3rd century ad. But many other subjects are possible. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: between circa 1535 and circa 1550. Dimensions: 139.1 × 122 cm (54.7 × 48 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: National Gallery. Paris Bordone (A Pair of Lovers) Daphnis and Chloe 1540s
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