Acme and Septimius WA2016.48 Together with A 565

Together with A 565

shows Mme Pissarro sewing in front of a window in their home at Pontoise

Allori was a pupil of Bronzino and shares his ideal of polished refinement in portraiture

Oxford Almanack for 1808

Duke of Urbino

Acme and Septimius WA2016.48 Together with A 565The subject of this scene of idyllic love is taken from Catullus, Carmine XV. Both the round shape and composition are indebted to Raphael's Madonnas. The background includes the rose, traditionally the symbol of love, and orange trees. When it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1868, it was praised by critics, who noted with approval Leighton's chaste treatment of the scene.