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Description: | In the 1653 inventory of the collection of Cardinal Mazarin, this work is described as 'La teste d'une femme tenant une tasse bleue en main et un voille enveloppe sur sa teste, sa bordure doree. Guido'. The subject may represent Artemesia, wife of Mausolus, the governor of Caria in Asia Minor. After the death of her husband, she mixed his ashes in liquid which she drank, making herself a living tomb. The story was used as a symbol of a widow's devotion to her husband's memory. However, there does not appear to be any firm foundation for the identification of the woman as Artemisia. The type of composition is that popularised by Domenicho and in particular it may be compared with Domenicho's Sibyl in, or formerly in, the Liechtenstein Collection, who also carries a dish in addition to a short rod. | Subjects: | history (Artemisia (?)); portrait (?) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Reni, Guido (Italian painter and draftsman, 1575-1642) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9165... | Go to resource |
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