BOOKWORM
Colombo da Siena
Which of these would come close to Rafael Sabatini's descriptions of Colombino in CHIVALRY?
Both portraits are by Giovanni Bellini.
%3B_Giovanni_Bellini.jpg)
I cannot make up my mind.
A half-serious, half-blithesome place to post useful things & amusing ones; to seek solutions to puzzles of long standing; to communicate with relatives & friends without the dread "Dear All"; & to please Boozleby (picture & account of him elsewhere).
2 comments:
I'd preferred the first one. ;)
He seems to suit better.
I'm inclined to agree!
Now I'll tell you that the painting is labelled "Portrait of a Humanist". The sitter looks far more like a condottiere - at least a part-time condottiere. In addition, it used to be attributed at one time to Antonello da Messina. Now I wonder did Rafael ever see it under the old attribution?
Post a Comment