Christological well… not quite… Edulcorated Goldfinch Alert!

May 27, 2015 at 4:19 pm

Long time readers here have seen my shots of Christological Goldfinches from Medieval and Renaissance paintings and statues snapped during my museum visits.

Here is a detail from one I shot in the Louvre a while back by the Master of the Nativity of Castello, 15th c.

Here is another view of the Christological Goldfinch, having its bath with the help of a friend.  You can see how the finch (Carduleis carduelis… Spanish “Jilguero”), not a shy bird, might have won the legendary reputation it enjoys now.

And then there is the book, The Goldfinch, having the cover of the painting by Carel Fabritius, which I saw a few months ago at the Frick Gallery in NYC, when Vermeer’s Girl with the Pearl was also visiting.

Mauritshuis_Fabritius_Goldfinch

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