At the Met in NYC there is a nice exhibit of paintings and drawings of the Venetian school.
Here is a Madonna and Child Enthroned by Lorenzo Veneziano (+1372), obviously a Venetian painter.
There are touches of the byzantine in this portrayal.
Here we find a naturalistically rendered Christological goldfinch, by now an old friend of regular readers here. I do like to share the Christological goldfinches.
Very nice!
The Met was jammed to lunacy with people today. I find those crowds oppressive.
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Lovely painting- and bird.
I find all crowds oppressive, Father.
I was just about to jump on the fact that that bird is not a goldfinch, and then I thought I had better check it more closely: sure enough, upon further research, it is a European goldfinch. [Imagine that!]
Beautiful painting.
Yes, an absolutely lovely painting!
And yeah, I don’t like oppressive crowds either, Father Z!
Must have been pretty noisy, too, with all the kiddies off this week from school….