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. Bordone (1500 - 1571) was from Treviso, but spent most of his life in Venice, where he was established by 1518. Few of his paintings are dated and as his style seems to have evolved very little, the chronology of his work is uncertain.
[Oil on canvas, 139.1 x 122 cm]
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