ALLEGRIES THAT ASSOCIATE NOBLES WITH PAGAN GODS OF ANTIQUITY, FIGURES OF THE HEBREW BIBLE OR ROMANS PROCLAIM AN ESSENCE THAT UPSTARTS CANNOT MATCH
Diane de Poitiers was a member of the top nobility and the favorite of Henri II (1547-59). Nudity, the clothing of the gods, underscores her power: "Take me for a goddess!" this work trumpets.
Diane de Poitiers as Diana, goddess of the hunt, anonymous, toward 1550 / zoom
Biblical figures are clothed, but have the bodies and faces of gods. They too are associated with nobles.
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The Reconciliation of Jacob and Ésaü by Arnould De Vuez toward 1678, Baulme Fine Arts |
Royals identify with those superhumans:
Philip of France in costume of antiquity by Jean Nocret, toward 1650 / zoom; Maurice Leloir in Le Roy-Soleil by T. Cahu, 1931
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