This painting was originally supposed to serve as the companion piece to Giovanni Rost's Innocence tapestry, and in Studies in Iconology, Erwin Panofsky has argued that it represents a critique of Luxury.
This painting was originally supposed to serve as the companion piece to Giovanni Rost's Innocence tapestry, and in Studies in Iconology, Erwin Panofsky has argued that it represents a critique of Luxury. One obscured figure in this painting appears to have a right hand attached to her left arm and a left hand attached to her right arm; she also has a lion's leg and a serpent's tail coming out of her body. At the lower left of is a dove, above it is a woman tearing away her hair in agony, and above her is a mask-like face without eyeballs. More masks lie at the lower right of this painting, near the feet of a character that holds the golden apple. One character has rose petals in his hands, and these characters in the foreground are characterized by sensuous, silk-like skin. A bald, bearded man grasps the blue curtain in the background. For 10 points, incestuous kissing and breast-groping are two of the few things going on in what allegorical painting by Bronzino?
This painting was originally supposed to serve as the companion piece to Giovanni Rost's Innocence tapestry, and in Studies in Iconology, Erwin Panofsky has argued that it represents a critique of Luxury.
Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time or Allegory of Venus and Cupid