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"You Are Tying a Dolphin by the Tail" [fol. 17 recto]

French early 16th Century

1514

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Renaissance Renaissance Allegory

Dominant colour

"You Are Tying a Dolphin by the Tail" [fol. 17 recto] is a 1514 ink by French early 16th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: French early 16th Century
When & what style?: 1514 · Renaissance
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

The painting is titled "You Are Tying a Dolphin by the Tail". This allegory was created during the Renaissance period, which was a time of great cultural and artistic change in Europe. The use of allegory as a visual genre suggests that the artist intended to convey a message or tell a story through symbols. To learn more about this style, look into the movement: Renaissance.