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| Keywords: Andrea Doria.jpg Artwork Q7232252 Creator Sebastiano del Piombo ca 1526 Oil on panel size cm 153 107 Institution Villa del Principe Genoa object history credit line accession number WGA link 21106 http //www wga hu/art/s/sebastia/doria_a jpg http //www wga hu/html/s/sebastia/doria_a html painting portrait Italian 1501-1550 ImageNote 1 31 918 709 130 741 1078 2 The hieroglyphs in the portrait reflect Clement VII ™s interest in hermetic humanism which purported to ˜uncover ™ Egyptian ˜sacred knowledge ™ and the hidden order of Nature “ that is the secrets of Creation understood by Adam before the Fall xxxii Many of the examples are shown in the Hypnerotomachia Polifili and the temple frieze discussed now in the Museo Capitolino The symbols are clearly meant to represent the skills ideally found in a sea captain discipline steadfastness caution prudence and fortitude xxxiii Ironically Doria subsequently left the patronage of Clement VII and defected to Charles V taking his portrait with him ImageNoteEnd 1 PD-old-100-1923 DEFAULTSORT Piombo Doria Andrea Doria Sebastiano del Piombo Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources WGA form painting WGA type portrait WGA School Italian WGA time period 1501-1550 | ||||
