Monday, June 30, 2014

Juan Martínez Montañés (1568 -- 1649), el Dios de la Madera

Above are two portraits of Francis Borgia (1510 -- 1572), fourth Duke of Gandía, Commander of the Society of Jesus, Hidalgo, Husband (of Leonor de Castro Mello y Menenses), Father (of eight children), Founder of the Collegium Romanorum, now the Gregorian University, and a top-notch composer of ecclesiastical music, of which, a century before Palestrina--with great skill and a remarkable contrapuntal style--he is said to have been "among the great restorers." The one on the left is a painted wooden effigy by Montañés, the one on the right (above) an oil-painting by whom I know not, though it appears to be in the style of El Greco.

The thing that scares me and scandalizes me about myself is that, for all his repellent baldness, I find the fourth Duke of Gandía, in  his painted wooden effigy by Montañés, incredibly sexy.  Forgive me, Father.  I'd do him in a heartbeat.



From Wikipedia:  "His works are more realistic than imaginative, but this, allied with an impeccable taste, produced remarkable results."  No shit.

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