I have master's student working on her
thesis who is very interested in the following image. A smallish version
of it was published as follows:
Thornton, Dora. The Scholar in His Study:
Ownership and Experience in Renaissance Italy. New Haven: Yale University
Press, 1997.
On page 95 the caption reads:
"58. Pinturiccio, fresco, early sixteenth century, showing the young
Virgin Mary reading, attended by angels. A very rare image of a young
educated woman reading at a desk in a room which, even if it is not clearly
identified as a study, is not her bedchamber. The fresco makes an interesting
parallel to common representations of the Virgin Annunciate in front of
a lectern in her chamber.
Rome, Santa Maria del Popolo, Chapel of Sixtus IV.
Photo: Alinari."
The student might be interested in a
better image from Alinari, but their online image database (http://www.edu.alinari.it/login/index.asp?languageID=EN)
doesn't seem to provide any way to ascertain that a particular image
is actually there, or anything about it, without purchasing a password
for about $85/year (68 Euros). Does anyone out there know if there's a
way to figure out whether the image she wants is actually in there before
paying $85? Can anyone with access confirm that the image is actually in
there, if you don't consider it unethical to do so? Even better, does anyone
know where a beeter image has been published or a free online image might
be found? (I've searched all over the web in vain so far).
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