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An unexpected source for Jusepe de Ribera

Author
Konečný, Lubomír
Document type
Article (journal)
Language
English
Source
Source : notes in the history of art. 1994, Num. 2, Vol. 13, 21-24, 1 ill.
ISSN
0737-4453
Abstract (en)
Argues that the drawing of a giant with a dwarf (New York, Metropolitan Museum) derives from a traditional scholastic metaphor that expressed the relationship between the generations by means of the image of dwarfs sitting or standing on the shoulders of giants, and thereby gaining a better view. Suggests that therefore the drawing was not made for the collector Niccoló Simonelli, whose name appears on the standard, but may have been made in connection with a scientific book or treatise.
Subject (en)
Subject (fr)

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DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00348514

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