A book about the "women" of the artist of this painting by Rona Goffen argues that a woman in it is masturbating.
Unlike the painting it is based on, this painting places a single pearl earring on the only visible ear of its subject. A book about the "women" of the artist of this painting by Rona Goffen argues that a woman in it is masturbating. The presence of a single fallen rose in this painting is often interpreted as a sign of "plucked" virginity. Most critics instead theorize that, based on the cassoni in the right background, this painting may have been intended to instruct Giulia Varano and is thus an allegory of (*) marital obligations. This painting creates chiaroscuro with a dark-green curtain that covers the left half of the painting almost exactly, and shows a maid supervising a girl searching through a chest. It was based on a "sleeping" version of the same subject by the artist's teacher Giorgione. For 10 points, name this painting of a women with a dog at her feet, an iconic nude by Titian.
Unlike the painting it is based on, this painting places a single pearl earring on the only visible ear of its subject.
The Venus of Urbino