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Paolo Veronese, Plato and Aristotle, 1560s, oil on canvas, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice. Source
The Salon of the Marciana National Library in Venice is decorated with Renaissance canvases from various great artists. These two figures - portraits of the Ancient Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle - were painted by Venetian master Paolo Veronese and flank the main door.
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