Tag: Bartolomeo Veneto
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3 F
Bartolomeo Veneto, (1470–1531) Jewish woman with tools, c. 1512 or 1520 Private collection Jewish woman with tools. One source seems to suggest (plausibly) that the hammer indicates that she is being painted as the biblical Yael. Sisera was commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin of Hazor, who is mentioned in Judges 4-5 of the Hebrew…
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02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3 E
Bartolomeo Veneto, (1470–1531) Idealized Portrait of a Courtesan as Flora, c. 1520 Tempera and oil on poplar wood 44 × 35 cm (17.3 × 13.8 in) Städel, Frankfurt Flora from c. 1515 is currently attributed to Bartolomeo. The unknown figure is painted with hard-edges and a descriptive quality. Though the sitter is unknown, she is thought (and perhaps…