BECCAFUMI, Domenico
(b. ca. 1486, Castel Monaperto, d. 1551, Siena)

Penelope

c. 1514
Oil on panel, 84 x 48 cm
Seminario Patriarcale, Venice

With three other paintings, this panel makes up an ideal gallery of virtuous women from ancient times. They were originally in the Ospedale in Siena.