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On the Rock Partridge in the painting “Saint Jerome in the study” by Antonello da Messina.
Tommaso La MantiaBruno Massasubject
media_common.quotation_subjectPopulationArt historylcsh:Zoologylcsh:QL1-991educationmedia_commonPaintingeducation.field_of_studybiologySAINTGeneral MedicineArtbiology.organism_classificationsubspecific identificationlanguage.human_languageAlectoris graecaRock PartridgeRock partridgepainting dating.PlumagelanguageRock Partridge Alectoris graeca subspecific identification painting datingAlectorisCartographySicilianPeriod (music)description
Pictorial work of Antonello da Messina during the Sicilian period (1455-60) is considered less fruitful and less mature than during his stay in Venice (ca 1474-1476). While some art critics consider the painting “Saint Jerome in the study” a work of the first period, others believe that it was produced during the Venice period. The Authors analysed the plumage characters of the Rock Partridge, Alectoris graeca, depicted with symbolic significance in the painting, to try the identification of the population which the subject used as model could belong to. However, they conclude that the identification as a Sicilian as well as an Alpine Rock Partridge is doubtful and in this case the plumage of the bird depicted does not help to resolve the controversy of painting dating.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-05-31 | Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology |