[h-cost] Friday Puzzler - Painting Identification

2008-05-30 Thread Shane Sheridan Chabot
http://pics.livejournal.com/ada_doom/pic/0002wrpe/ Hi everyone, I have a small mystery for the collective mind here: I was contacted by a Luthier who used this painting as his inspiration for the construction of a new Lute. He would like to know the artist and the year of the painting. Other

Re: [h-cost] Friday Puzzler - Painting Identification

2008-05-30 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 15:39 30/05/2008, you wrote: http://pics.livejournal.com/ada_doom/pic/0002wrpe/ Hi everyone, I have a small mystery for the collective mind here: I was contacted by a Luthier who used this painting as his inspiration for the construction of a new Lute. He would like to know the artist and the

Re: [h-cost] Friday Puzzler - Painting Identification

2008-05-30 Thread Helen Pinto
The painting is from The Allegory of the Months by Francesco del Cossa, Italian, ca 1470. The picture you posted is of a group of figures in the upper right-hand corner of The Allegory of April: Triumph of Venus. You can find the rest of it on Web Gallery of Art, under del Cossa: