Creator

Antonio Allegri da Correggio

Creation-date

1519-1521

Technique

Painting

Material

Oil on canvas

Inventory number

Inv. ГЭ-5555

Subject-1

Woman with a bowl (Veronica Gambara?)

Object-Current-Location

Saint Petersburg, Hermitage Museum

Digital resource author

GrECI Project

Digital-resource-rights holder

University of Oslo (for GrECI project)

Image-number

030a_Id_5

License

CC BY

Description

This is a rare example of a portrait of a woman featuring Greek. The bowl held by the sitter shows a partial quotation from Homer (Od. 4. 220-21). It refers to the medicine that 'banishes pain and sorrow' and 'calms anger' 'of all'. The inscription is consistent with the woman's plausible widowhood and cultural interests.