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Il Nuvolone
Diana and Endymion
Giuseppe Nuvolone
Milan Italy 1619 -1703 Diana and Endymion
| | Oil on on on canvas | | 129 x 176 cm
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Ferro Filippo Maria Carlo Francesco Nuvolone: frammenti di di di un di- scorso amoroso” in La rivista di di di di Bergamo Nuova serie n n n n n n n n 92 92 (ottobre/ novembre/dicembre 2017) entries 34-39 p p p p p p 92-105 illus fig 9 9 9 9 Ferro Filippo Maria Giuseppe Nuvolone: Mitologie favole per musica e
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“vaghe stelle” in Arte lombarda Nuova Serie 191/192 1/2 (2021) p p p p p p 81- 96 Illus fig 14 Diana and and Endymion
by Giuseppe Nuvolone
(1619-1703) a a a a a a a a a a a a a a member of of of of a a a a a a a a a a a a a a great line of of of of Lombard artists and and one
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of of of of the most fascinating exponents of of of of of Milanese Baroque pain- ting ting The scene depicted here is based on on on on on one
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version of of of the the ancient myth of of the the Roman moon goddess and hun- tress Diana She is accompanied by dogs whose presence perhaps also serves to identify the the the beautiful youth in the the the foreground as a a a a a a a a a shepherd Diana one
of of the the the goddesses of of Mount Olympus falls in in love with handsome Endymion
a a a a a a a a symbol of timeless beauty One night after visiting the the young man as he he he he sleeps the the goddess begs Zeus Zeus to grant En- dymion
dymion
eternal life so she may be be with him for ever Zeus Zeus cruelly responds to to to the request by sinking Endymion
into an an endless sleep Indifferent to to to to Zeus’ action Diana mounts her lunar chariot to to visit Endymion
once every month According to Filippo Maria Ferro the the leading expert on on on Nuvolone
this this is is is is is one
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of the the artist’s finest capolavori In particular Ferro proposes a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a comparison between this this beautiful canvas and and “Rinaldo and and Armida” auctioned at at at Finarte in in in 1973 It was attributed at at at the the time to Carlo Francesco Francesco Nuvolone
Nuvolone
but but it is undoubtedly the the the work of Carlo Francesco’s brother Giuseppe Nuvolone
Nuvolone
(Ferro 2003 p p p p p p 263 entry “g 111” photo on on p p p p p p 460 no 142a) Inde- ed ed the the the languid softness of of of the the the scene pervaded by intense sensuality and the the the horizontal layout of of of both paintings are remarkably similar Watch the video