This painting may have gained its name from a quote by Leonardo Loredon - that theory is supported by a faint emblem of the Carrara family which appears on a tower in the background, which supports the idea that the canvas may allude to the recent Battle of Agnadello.
This painting may have gained its name from a quote by Leonardo Loredon - that theory is supported by a faint emblem of the Carrara family which appears on a tower in the background, which supports the idea that the canvas may allude to the recent Battle of Agnadello. A small white stork perches on the roof of one of a line of buildings in the background. Commissioned by Gabriel Vendramin, it is often dated between its artist's Castelfranco Madonna and his Three Philosophers. The bottom left shows a man dressed in red with stockings up to his knee, holding a halberd in his right hand. Between the two adults lies a small body of water, spanned in the background by a four-pillared bridge. The underpainting shows that the man was originally a nude bathing woman. FTP, name this early 16th century work by Giorgione, named after the storm that appears to be brewing in it.
This painting may have gained its name from a quote by Leonardo Loredon - that theory is supported by a faint emblem of the Carrara family which appears on a tower in the background, which supports the idea that the canvas may allude to the recent Battle of Agnadello.
{The Tempest} (or {La Tempesta} )