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The two canvases P382 y P384 are by the same artist and were probably intended as a pair. Their meaning can be gleaned from L’arte de Cenni (1616), the most important treatise on gestures of its day, written by the jurist Giovanni Bonifacio. According to Bonifacio, revealing a bare breast signifies sincerity, “as the breast is the location of the heart and when referring to speaking truly and sinc
There are two classical Floras: the mythological goddess, wife of Zephyrus and an example of marital harmony and fertility; and the legendary Roman prostitute of that name. The two became associated in the Middle Ages, and by the Renaissance both young brides and courtesans were identified with Flora. The wild rose held by this figure has a similarly dual meaning: a symbol of both marital fecundit
This depiction of an honest courtesan, presents an iconography of increasing interest to art historians in recent decades. With her curly blond hair, bare forehead and pearl necklace, as well as the breast she so generously offers the viewer, the model recalls a young woman whose mother sought to introduce her into the business of high-level prostitution, as described by Veronica Franco (1546-1591
Dressed in camel skins, Saint John the Baptist baptizes Christ in the River Jordan. According to the New Testament, the Holy Ghost descended at that very moment in the form of a dove —depicted in the upper part of the composition— and a voice was heard from on high, saying: “This is my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3, 13-17; Mark 1, 9-11; Luke 3, 21-22). Previously attributed t
As Anna Forlani has observed in a note on the museum mount (1980), this drawing is a typical work of the son of Jacopo Tintoretto (1519-1594), Domenico, who was taught by his father and assited him in his workshop. The drawing has been extensively restored, especially in the lower half of the design, presumably in the eighteenth century.
The traditional attribution to Domenico may well be correct, though some aspects of the style suggest the work of Alessandro Maganza (1556-after 1630).
