AdamSmith Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 A friend visiting the Jeff Koons retrospective at the Whitney just posted this pic of 'Michael Jackson & Bubbles' to her Facebook page: ...the which prompts me to realize (at last, years after seeing the thing in person myself) that it is a sly allusion to Leonardo's very sly indeed 'Lady with a Stoat'... ...in the drolly observed resemblance between the face of the critter and that of its owner. Likewise the similar placement of the hands. Quote
Members RA1 Posted September 13, 2014 Members Posted September 13, 2014 I had to look up "stoat". I wonder what folks in the time of LDV thought of weasels? Generally I have a high opinion of LDV and not so much of MJ. Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
Members lookin Posted September 13, 2014 Members Posted September 13, 2014 Just last evening, I happened to watch a program on da Vinci in which this very painting was featured. The ermine, or stoat, is said to be the spitting image of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan at the time, and at once the lady's lover and Leonardo's patron. The Duke, however, went on to marry someone else, as did Michael Jackson. RA1 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted September 13, 2014 Author Posted September 13, 2014 I did not know that about the stoat and Ludovico! Great. (Out of dratted Likes again, wouldn't you know.) lookin 1 Quote
Members RA1 Posted September 13, 2014 Members Posted September 13, 2014 Oh, well, AS, I will give lookin one of mine, in your honor. MJ "married" Lisa Marie Presley. I have no idea who got the best of that bargain. Probably neither one. OTOH, perhaps it was Bubbles. Best regards, RA1 lookin 1 Quote
