3-min VIDEO: The Princess and the Presumptuous Vulgarian
One of Bosch's curious little comedies, hiding in plain sight.
Continuing this series’ struggle against the symbologists and iconologists – an episode that shows there is so much in the surface of the triptych that is immediately accessible – without esoteric knowledge or a lifetime in libraries.
Far fetched? I don’t understand far fetched. ESPECIALLY after two bottles of Chardonnay. Pourquoi far fetched?
Argh. Yes. I take your point. But the internet suggests I might just get away with it. (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peahen). The head of the peafowl looks very like Lady Susan Hussey to me.
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