I wonder if the people living over the archway listened in on gossip…or complained about the foot-traffic noise.(With thick stone walls, probably neither one).
Enlarged image available from here (if you click the image there, other, perhaps bigger, enlargements are available).This is a detail image of the larger The Ambassadors Return to the English Court painting described here. It is one of 9 The Stories from the Life of St Ursula (main page, follow the links to see all 9, plus detail images, and descriptions — the i in the Info column) paintings (her Wikipedia page) by this artist, which are also described in its Wikipedia page (which points to this different coloration, click-to-enlarge image), and various online collections, some of which have their own colorations in addition to a few detail images. His Wikipedia page and collection.All 9 reside at the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, Italy. Perhaps if you visit there, you can see the complete first painting, without the perfectly squared-off, white rectangle at its base, that seems to be present in all the online images — this commercial website makes it look like some framed empty canvas is blocking the painting at that point. The online gallery at its current-location just has this painting (with no description) from the series, not that one.So far, 3 works by this artist have appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog.
In medieval/renaissance times, it would be weird to judge someone by their talent alone. What their class/status or political influence is was most important.
BE THIS GUY almost 12 years ago
Simon de Covello is a tough judge.
margueritem almost 12 years ago
My word, it goes over the bridge, and almost around the building!
chireef almost 12 years ago
this was one of the first paintings to use single point perspective. missed it by that much ||
orinoco womble almost 12 years ago
I wonder if the people living over the archway listened in on gossip…or complained about the foot-traffic noise.(With thick stone walls, probably neither one).
pcolli almost 12 years ago
The queue for the toilets at the first Venetian Blues Festival.
mabrndt Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Enlarged image available from here (if you click the image there, other, perhaps bigger, enlargements are available).This is a detail image of the larger The Ambassadors Return to the English Court painting described here. It is one of 9 The Stories from the Life of St Ursula (main page, follow the links to see all 9, plus detail images, and descriptions — the i in the Info column) paintings (her Wikipedia page) by this artist, which are also described in its Wikipedia page (which points to this different coloration, click-to-enlarge image), and various online collections, some of which have their own colorations in addition to a few detail images. His Wikipedia page and collection.All 9 reside at the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, Italy. Perhaps if you visit there, you can see the complete first painting, without the perfectly squared-off, white rectangle at its base, that seems to be present in all the online images — this commercial website makes it look like some framed empty canvas is blocking the painting at that point. The online gallery at its current-location just has this painting (with no description) from the series, not that one.So far, 3 works by this artist have appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog.
Zaristerex almost 12 years ago
In medieval/renaissance times, it would be weird to judge someone by their talent alone. What their class/status or political influence is was most important.
Coyoty Premium Member almost 12 years ago
One of Columbus’ crew auditioned, and was such a hit, they renamed the show to “Amerigo’s Got Talent”.
orinoco womble almost 12 years ago
The more I look at this painting the more I like it. I wanna live in that house. On the top floor.
Call me Ishmael almost 12 years ago
The winner of the 1495 LEGO championships.
mabrndt Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Here is another work by this artist.