Cuillin Ridge, Skye, from Sligachan EA_2015_28-a Different identifications have been proposed

Different identifications have been proposed for the aristocratic sitter

It is a highly original painting

A1123 was painted soon after Allori's return from Rome

Piero di Cosimo painted many spalliera panels with themes from classical literature

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Cuillin Ridge, Skye, from Sligachan EA_2015_28-a Different identifications have been proposedProbably the painting entitled The Burn, November the Cucullen Hills, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856. The view is taken from Sligachan, looking southwards over the Sligachan Burn towards the Cuillin Hills. It was painted in true Pre Raphaelite manner, on a visit to Skye in the autumn of 1855. Ruskin praised the 'exquisite painting of withered heather and rock' and commissioned four drawings from the artist.