17 May 2021

Bernardino Mei. Ghismunda, ca. 1655 (Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena).



Oil on canvas: 66.5 x 47.5 cm. From Boccaccio’s Decamerone. Ghismunda, the daughter of Prince Tancredi of Salerno, had a secret affair. Her father had her lover killed and his heart sent to Ghismunda in a golden chalice.

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