Unicorn was a symbol of chastity in medieval romance. There’s an interesting story behind this painting by Raphael. The 1959 restoration work on the painting revealed through radiography the image of a small dog under the unicorn. The dog may have been used as a model for the final appearance of the unicorn!
Lady with a unicorn
Raphael, 1483-1520, Italian [artist]
1500-1505
Oil on canvas laid on panel
67 x 56 cm.
Italian
Repository: Villa Borghese, Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy
HOLLIS Number: olvwork61413
This image is part of FAL’s Digital Images and Slides Collection (DISC), a collection of images digitized from secondary sources for use in teaching and learning. FAL does not own the original artworks represented in this collection, but you can find more information at HOLLIS Images.
#ilmitodelsignificato mostra personale di #alessandrobulgarini a cura di Giacomo Maria Prati presso il Palazzo del Collegio Raffaello - Urbino, dal 23 giugno al 14 luglio 2023, con il Patrocinio della Città di Urbino e del Legato Albani
An original watercolour painting on handmade paper “Venetian Sunlight” currently on view at our Studio & Gallery and online. Also available as a limited edition print. Several sketchbook watercolours painted during our trips to Venice enabled me to produce this lively scene capturing a late summer afternoon. #venice #venicepaintings #watercolourofvenice #watercolourpainting #cityscapepainting #italianpainting #venetianart (at Alan Reed Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeHUpY4rCRV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Enrico Donati - Masters of Surrealism "In this strange and intricate composition, weird protoplasmic entities loom up out of the darkness, some of the them glowing with bioluminescence like deep-sea creatures, others bathed in rainbow hues. The picture space is complex, seemingly three-layered: At the bottom of the canvas is the ocean floor, above it is a landscape receding into the distance, and above that is a black sky. It could be night on earth, or it could be the perpetual blackness of the interstellar void, but really it is inner space. As a glimpse into the unconscious, Trouble-fête is particularly persuasive because instead of stocking its mindscape with conventional pop-Freudian symbols, it confronts us with figures that are individual, idiosyncratic, and baffling." #art #artistic #italianpainter #artist #fineart #artworks #painting #surrealism #MastersofSurrealism #surrealpainting #contemporaryart #visualart #culture #surrealismart #surreal #surrealistic #paintings #blog #artblog @expositionblog https://www.instagram.com/p/CfohfUAI3f-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
MOW.design studio refurbishes this Warsaw home by navigating within the historical context of the space and capitalising on its rich heritage features… https://www.indiaartndesign.com/the-art-of-subtlety-mow-design-studio/
“Esiste uno stato di consapevolezza che precede il pensiero; cercalo!” [ Swami Kriyananda ] The bird of self-knowledge 6 olio su tela, 2019 #alessandrobulgarini #iconosophia #italianpainting https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj3PZkVor_y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
💛 ROSARIO FONTANELLA - ARTIST AND CARPENTER Rosario wears his lapel turned up and his hair neatly combed, and has a cinematic air about him. Neapolitan blood, “trentino” by adoption, he smiles with elegance. He has a nice voice, uses kind words, and is one of those people who make our village a special place. His hands churn out lines and volumes by shaping wood every day, guided by an analytical spirit that also affects his artistic production. "I paint for others and not for myself," says Rosario, because we have realised that his senses and discipline are at the service of us, the users. We do not reveal the challenge he has chosen in recent weeks: a very sentimental surgeon who observes, contemplates and ultimately loves the object of his attention, and unveils its essence, or skin, just for us. Painting, which his father intimately passed on to him and which he transformed into a colourful code also in his relationship with his beloved daughter, passing through stages ranging from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ravenna to the Galleria Civica in Trento, remains his sacred fire, concentrated in preferably small canvases. 💛 WHY SANTA MARIA? "By chance!", says the artist, who in Zinevra has found not only a home but also the place where he composes his works: a cavern that in the past has housed cars and quarters of beef, surprisingly facing a humble garden unknown to most, where Rosario's suspended dreams live amidst untamed tufts of grass. In the photos: Rosario in Via Santa Maria and with friend Quattro #rosariofontanella #rosario #artistitrentini #artartetrentina #zinevra #santamariadistrict #santamariadistretto #santamariadistrettorovereto #distrettosantamaria #distrettosantamariarovereto #rigenerarovereto #rigenerazioneurbana #comunerovereto #rovereto #italianpaintings #italianpainters #italiancontemporaryart #italianartists #visitrovereto #visittrentino @rosario_fontanella @rigenera_rovereto @comunerovereto @veronicabellei @scuola_di_sant_osvaldo @scuola_materna_vannetti @confcommercio_vallagarina @visitrovereto @visittrentino @fondazionemuseocivicorovereto @dpziggy @cristinasenter @museoguerrarovereto (presso Via Santa Maria) https://www.instagram.com/p/Clv70Z9Db5J/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Rappresento, raffiguro, traduco la mia finestra sul mondo. By painting I show my window to the world. #saralora #saralorapainter #contemporarypainter #italianpainter https://www.instagram.com/p/Cie8-ghAOCK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=