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Description: | The painting is one of a series of eight depicting the signs of the zodiac. Here Virgo wears a pink tunic and green mantilla. He looks out at the viewer while gesturing to the figure of a young woman painted in gold, the symbol of Virgo. The costume and the broken classical column create a sense of the ancient Roman and Greek civilisation that inspired Renaissance culture. Astrology was a key part of sixteenth-century culture and it was believed that the planets influenced the course of life. | Subjects: | figure; landscape; allegory (Virgo) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Pitati, Bonifazio de` (Italian painter, 1487-1553) Æ Attributed to school of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8848... | Go to resource |
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