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(26-04-2017, 09:20 AM)ReneZ Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (or lotium) and proposed as a medicine.
MarcoP > 26-04-2017, 02:12 PM
(26-04-2017, 07:38 AM)VViews Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.bi3mw,
I really like this comparison! The pose and object are very similar indeed, and the similarity even applies to the curls of hair emerging from under the "physician's" headgear.
ETA: this makes me wonder if, rather than four ages of man or seasons, this folio might depict four professions or fields of study.
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(26-04-2017, 02:12 PM)MarcoP Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view......
One could also speculate that the four figures represent four branches of the medical science, or the portraits of four physicians, like those that can be seen in several medieval manuscripts ...