ʻO ka 'Portrait of Michele Marullo Tarcaniota', kahi ʻāpana na Sandro Botticelli (Florence, 1445-1510), ua hoʻi i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Fine Arts ma Valencia ma hope o kona noho ʻana ma Paris.
E like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e ka hale kiʻi kiʻi Valencian, mai kēia Pōʻalua hiki i ka lehulehu ke ʻike i ka ʻāpana, āna i haʻalele ai i ka wā o kekahi o nā hālāwai o nā mea o ka hōʻike 'Botticelli, artist & designer', i hōʻike ʻia ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Jacquemart-André ma Paris a. kipa ʻia e nā poʻe ʻoi aku ma mua o 265.000.
ʻO ke kiʻi -ʻo ka mea kākau Italia wale nō i loaʻa ma Sepania-ʻo ia ka "ʻoiaʻiʻo loa" o nā mea i penaʻia e ka haku Florentine a hōʻike i ka "hoʻowalewale hikiʻole ke hoʻohālikelike".
Ua mālama ʻia ka hana ma Valencia me ka uku ʻole ʻia e ka ʻaelike i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ma waena o ka Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports a me ka ʻohana Guardans Cambó, ʻoiai ua mau ka hana ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Fine Arts no ka manawa lōʻihi.
ʻO ka 'Portrait of Michele Marullo Tarcaniota' kahi hana i hana ʻia ma ke ana wela ma luna o ka moku i hoʻoili ʻia i ka canvas i ana ʻo 49 x 36 cm. Hōʻike ʻia ka bust ʻekolu hapaha e Michele Marullo Tarcanioca (1453-1500), he mea haku mele, koa a me ke kanaka kanaka no Helene i hoʻopau i ka noho ʻana ma Florence i mālama ʻia e ka ʻohana Medici a hoʻopuni ʻia e nā mea pena a me nā mea kākau. ʻIke ʻia ke ʻano i ʻaʻahu ʻia i ka ʻeleʻele e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka lani uliuli lehu.
Ua lōʻihi kona lauoho a ua ʻeha kona helehelena, me ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻāʻī i ka hema. Loaʻa i nā maka ʻeleʻele nā hiʻohiʻona gula e hoʻomālamalama iā lākou a huki ʻia nā lehelehe me nā laina ʻokiʻoki.
I ka makahiki 1929, ua haku ʻo Francesc Cambó i kāna kiʻi pena a mai ia manawa ua lilo ia i ʻāpana o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻo Cambó ma Barcelona.
