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Dirty, Sexy Fruit

wtfarthistory:

Giovanni da Udine, Festoon, 1517, fresco.  Villa Farnesina, RomeGiovanni da Udine, Festoon, 1517, fresco.  Villa Farnesina, Rome

Here follows Giorgio Vasari’s account of the above fresco detail:

Above the flying figure of Mercury he [Giovanni da Udine] fashioned a Priapus from a gourd and two eggplants for testicles… while nearby he painted a cluster of large figs, one of which, over-ripe and bursting open, is penetrated by the gourd.”

Raphael and Giovanni da Udine, Mercury, 1517, fresco.  Villa Farnesina, RomeRaphael and Giovanni da Udine, Mercury, 1517, fresco.  Villa Farnesina, Rome

meladoodle:

*enters selfies into art exhibition*

That’s called a self portrait

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