Image of Frontispiece of the Ambrosian Virgil also known as Petrarch's Virgil

Frontispiece of the Ambrosian Virgil also known as Petrarch's Virgil with autograph notes by Francesco...

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Image title: Frontispiece of the Ambrosian Virgil also known as Petrarch's Virgil with autograph notes by Francesco Petrarca
Location: Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy

Image description: Frontispiece of the Ambrosian Virgil also known as Petrarch's Virgil with autograph notes by Francesco Petrarca, 1300-1326, page illuminated by Simone Martini (1284-1344): on the top right, Virgil sitting under a tree holding a quill in the right hand and a book on his knees, looking up with an enlightened attitude; the Roman grammarian Maurus Servius Honoratus pulling apart a curtain and pointing at Virgil to Aeneas (symbol of the poem) while resting against a long stick; on the bottom: on the left, a peasant trimming some trees using the billhook (symbolizing the Georgics); on the right, a shepherd sitting on the ground and milking a sheep (the Eclogues); in the middle, two cartouches with two different signatures by Petrarch, one dedicated to Virgil and the other one to Servius, inv A 79 inf 001 verso.
Photo credit: © Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mauro Ranzani/Mondadori Portfolio / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 14th century / tree / writer / Italy / Europe / curtain / breeding / mythology / heroism / man / art / countryman / antiquity / intellectual / wine growing / manuscript / work / tree / medieval period / mythological figure / 14th / illumination / poetry / cattle / page / miniature / sheep / warrior / middle age / literature / vine / painting / inspiration / Virgil (-70 - -19) / Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374)

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