Pittura infamante (pronounced [pitˈtuːra iɱfaˈmante]; Italian for "defaming portrait"; plural pitture infamanti) is a genre of defamatory painting and relief, common in Renaissance Italy in city-states in North Italy and Central Italy during the Trecento, Quattrocento, and Cinquecento. Popular subjects of pitture infamanti include traitors, thieves, and those guilty of bankruptcy or public fraud, often in cases where no legal remedy was available.
Pittura infamante (pronounced [pitˈtuːra iɱfaˈmante]; Italian for "defaming portrait"; plural pitture infamanti) is a genre of defamatory painting and relief, common in Renaissance Italy in city-states in North Italy and Central Italy during the Trecento, Quattrocento, and Cinquecento. Popular subjects of pitture infamanti include traitors, thieves, and those guilty of bankruptcy or public fraud, often in cases where no legal remedy was available.
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