The Painter and the Fly
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not surprising to find flies in the paintings ... can simply mean misery, loneliness, the vanity of earthly things can be an allusion to the ephemeral of life, beauty, the symbol of death, the Passion of Christ, corruption and venality ...
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- 4. What’s that fly doing in that painting? A fly can be painted on the lap of the Virgin, on a frame, inside and outside a scene ... can simply mean misery, loneliness, the vanity of earthly things can be an allusion to the ephemeral of life, beauty, the symbol of death, the Passion of Christ, corruption and venality can be an anecdotal element within a solemn framework inserting the everyday, the insignificant, the accidental can be a model of choice by its delicacy: the painter signs his painting by drawing a fly and thus expresses his know-how and the painted fly can also represent a kind of prevention against the possibility that in its place is a real fly, in reference to the saying of medieval medicine: "simili similibus curantur", i.e. the similar cures the similar
- 8. Swabian, Souabe Portrait of a Woman of the Hofer Family Portrait d'une femme de la famille Hofer 1470 National Gallery, London
- 10. The Painter and the Fly
- 11. Swabian, Souabe Portrait of a Woman of the Hofer Family Portrait d'une femme de la famille Hofer 1470 National Gallery, London
- 15. Barthel Bruyn the Elder Vanitas 1524 Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo the fly, sharing the space with a death’s-head, a jawbone and an extinguished candle, ironically provides the only hint of life
- 18. Adriaen van Nieulandt the Younger Adriaen van Nieulandt l'Ancien Vanitas Vanité 1636 Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
- 21. Guercino, Le Guerchin Et in Arcadia ego The Arcadian Shepherds Les Bergers d'Arcadie 1618–1622 Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Roma
- 23. Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder Ambrosius Bosschaert l'Ancien Bouquet in an Arched Window Bouquet dans une arcature 1618 Mauritshuis, The Hague
- 26. Lucas Cranach the Elder Lucas Cranach l'Ancien The Ill-matched Couple, The Payment Le couple mal assorti ou Le paiement 1532 Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
- 30. Sebastiano del Piombo Cardinal Bandinello Sauli, His Secretary, and Two Geographers Cardinal Bandinello Sauli, son secrétaire et deux géographes 1516 National Gallery of Art, Washington
- 33. Lorenzo Lotto Giovanni Agostino della Torre and his son Niccolo Giovanni Agostino della Torre et son fils, Niccolo 1515 National Gallery, Londres
- 36. Jacopo de' Barbari, attributed to, attribué à Portrait of Luca Pacioli (with a student Guidobaldo da Montefeltro) Portrait de Luca Pacioli (et de son élève Guidobaldo da Montefeltro) 1495 Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
- 39. Antonis Mor Catherine of Hapsburg, Queen consort of Portugal Catherine de Castille, Reine consort de Portugal 1552-1553 Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
- 41. Joan Rosato, attributed, attribuée Mystical Crucifixion: the Four Doctors of the Church and Saint Paul contemplating the Crucifixion Crucifixion mystique: les quatre docteurs de l'Église et saint Paul contemplant la crucifixion ca. 1445 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
- 44. Giovanni Santi Christ supported by two angels Le Christ mort soutenu par deux anges 1490 Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest
- 46. Anonymous, attributed to Gerard or Circle of Jan Gossaert Anonyme, attribué à Gérard ou au Cercle de Jan Gossaert Madonna of the fly Vierge à la mouche 1520 La colegiata de Santa María la Mayor, de Toro, Zamora
- 48. Carlo Crivelli Madonna and Child Vierge à l'Enfant 1480 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
- 50. Giovanni Battista Cima, called Cima da Conegliano Giovanni Battista Cima, appelé Cima da Conegliano The Annunciation L'Annonciation 1495 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
- 52. Giorgio Schiavone The Virgin and Child La Vierge à l'Enfant 1456-1461 National Gallery, London
- 54. Francesco Benaglio Saint Jerome Saint Jérôme 1470-1475 National Gallery of Art, Washington
- 57. Carlo Crivelli Madonna and Child Vierge à l'Enfant 1480 Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- 59. Petrus Christus Portrait of a Carthusian Portrait d'un Chartreux 1446 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
- 63. olga_oes The Painter and the Fly Le peintre et la mouche images and text credit www. Music ThePianoGuys Story of My Life created olga.e. thanks for watching
- 64. from the second half of the 19th century the flies will disappear from the paint. They will make some apparitions in the twentieth century in the works of Dali, as well as among the more traditional painters of the schools of trompe-l'oeil
- 65. Salvador Dali La persistance de la mémoire The Persistence of Memory 1931 The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- 67. Salvador Dalí Soft Watch Exploding in 888 Particles after Twenty Years of Total Immobility Soft Watch at the Moment of Its First Explosion Montre molle explosant en 888 particules après vingt ans d’immobilité Complète Montre molle au moment de sa première explosion 1954 Private collection
- 69. With a "passionate" fly … ‘mouches’ - flies, silk or velvet patches in fanciful shapes such as hearts or stars fashionable in sixteenth-century France, besides their decorative value, they could hide smallpox scars or syphilis sores … also to seduce the gallant
- 70. François Boucher Le Dejeuner Breakfast 1739 Musée du Louvre, Paris
- 72. François Boucher La Toilette 1742 Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
- 74. François Boucher La Mouche ou Une dame à sa toilette Lady at Her Toilette 1738 Collection particulière Private Collection
- 75. This fashion will disappear at the end of the 18th century. It will be necessary to wait a good century for this fashion to be in force again …