This is Spring by Cosimo Tura, an Italian painter born in 1430, who probably painted this as part of a larger group of paintings depicting The Muses. It's believed this is Calliope, Greek Muse of poetry. I don't know a lot about Cosimo Tura, except he never married, knocked up his housekeeper, and liked to be called Cosme.
Most of his works consist of unsettling, lushly painted religious imagery, as was pretty standard for the time. However in Spring we meet a captivating and formidable woman seated on a throne- flanked by vicious copper dolphins with ruby eyes? Or something. Painted in oils with opulent color that has a pulse, this piece is beautiful and complex.
Most of his works consist of unsettling, lushly painted religious imagery, as was pretty standard for the time. However in Spring we meet a captivating and formidable woman seated on a throne- flanked by vicious copper dolphins with ruby eyes? Or something. Painted in oils with opulent color that has a pulse, this piece is beautiful and complex.
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