Love Goddess #8: Simonetta Vespucci March 30, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval
Our latest in the love goddess series (for a full list see below) is Simonetta Vespucci (obit 1476), a woman that had the reputation for being the most outstanding beauty of Florence at the apogee of that city’s golden age. We know that she came from Genova (her maiden name was Cattaneo de Candia), we […]
Love Goddess #5: Agnes ‘Madonna’ Sorel January 12, 2013
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval
Jean Fouquet was the greatest French painter of the fifteenth century. He is of special interest in this blog because JF created the fifth love goddess in our series: the notorious, terrifying Madonna from the Melun Diptych, c. 1450. Thanks to Invisible for the tip. Let’s start by remembering that madonnas were everywhere in the […]
