Cardinal Bessarion with the Bessarion Reliquary

Artist: Gentile Bellini
Artwork: Cardinal Bessarion with the Bessarion Reliquary
Description: This painting depicts Cardinal Bessarion, a scholar and collector of ancient Greek and Latin manuscripts, with a young man, who is holding an open book, and a cleric, who is holding a crosier. The background of the painting is a large jeweled cross, which is decorated with various scenes from the life of Christ.
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