Woman with a Dove
by CECCO DEL CARAVAGGIO, Oil on canvas, 66 x 47 cm
Earlier the painting was attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi and it was thought to be her self-portrait. There is a companion-piece, presently in the Royal Palace in Madrid, representing a young man with a hare. Perhaps the paintings were executed on the occasion of a marriage: the dove and the hare are the symbols of love.