This painting apparently marked the celebration of the love between Gabrielle d'Estrées and Henry IV, but when I saw your latest image, Clare, this painting appeared for me. Revelling in associative appropriation!
Unknown, Gabrielle d'Estrées et une de ses soeurs, 1594
Unknown, Gabrielle d'Estrées et une de ses soeurs, 1594
I was actually thinking a few weeks back about what this painting would look like split across two of the lightboxes - mainly because it is so damn weird and charged and funny as I look at it 500 years down the line...on wikipedia it says there is a predominence of the 'left hand' in the painting...
ReplyDeleteCheeky post, but nice visual linkup!
ReplyDeleteLike that quote Rachel. It seems that left and right hands are populating our vocabulary ...like a purposefully unambidextrous position! Coincidentally, it was my left hand in that photo too... of course the right hand is operating the camera.