{"id":7089,"date":"2026-03-17T11:47:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=7089"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:41:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:41:45","slug":"philemon-and-baucis","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/collections\/philemon-and-baucis\/","title":{"rendered":"Philemon and Baucis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"gutenslider-spzoa2xem\" class=\"wp-block-eedee-block-gutenslider gs-frontend content-change alignnone adaptive-height arrow-style-1 arrow-position-sides arrow-mb-none arrows-lg arrows-md arrows-sm dot-style-1 dots-lg dots-md dots-sm dot-position-bottom is-position-center-center mb-none lg-zoom-icon wrap-auto-height\" data-parallax-direction=\"down\" data-parallax-amount=\"1.3\" data-lg-transition=\"lg-slide\" data-hash=\"\" ><div class=\"eedee-swiper-outer\" style=\"--gutenslider-min-height: 50vh;--gutenslider-arrow-size: 30px;--gutenslider-dot-size: 25px;--gutenslider-arrow-color: #ffffff;--gutenslider-dot-color: #ffffff;--gutenslider-padding-y-mobile: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-mobile: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-tablet: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-tablet: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-desktop: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-desktop: 40px;--gutenslider-bg-image: url();--gutenslider-min-height-md: 50vh;--gutenslider-min-height-sm: 50vh;--gutenslider-padding-x: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-md: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-sm: 20px;--gutenslider-padding-y: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-md: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-sm: 20px;--gutenslider-arrow-size-md: 30px;--gutenslider-arrow-size-sm: 30px;--gutenslider-dot-size-md: 25px;--gutenslider-dot-size-sm: 25px;--gutenslider-arrow-bg-color: transparent;--gutenslider-arrow-hover-color: #eeeeee;--gutenslider-arrow-bg-hover-color: transparent;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset-md: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset-sm: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset-md: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-spacing: 0px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset: 10px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset-md: 10px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset-sm: 10px;--gutenslider-margin-x: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-x-md: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-x-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y-md: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-divider-top: 60px;--gutenslider-divider-bottom: 60px;--gutenslider-lightgallery-bg: #ffffff;--gutenslider-lightgallery-font: #000000;--gs-first-pos: 50% 50%;--gs-gap-vertical: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) );--gs-gap-horizontal: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) );\"><div class=\"gutenslider-divider-top\" style=\"color:#fff;\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper\" data-settings='{\"autoplay\":{\"delay\":3000,\"pauseOnMouseEnter\":true,\"disableOnInteraction\":false},\"speed\":700,\"direction\":\"horizontal\",\"autoHeight\":\"\",\"loop\":true,\"centeredSlides\":true,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"effect\":\"slide\",\"coverflowEffect\":{\"rotate\":30,\"slideShadows\":false,\"depth\":100,\"stretch\":50,\"modifier\":1},\"fadeEffect\":{\"crossFade\":true},\"zoom\":\"\",\"navigation\":{\"nextEl\":\"#gutenslider-spzoa2xem .eedee-gutenslider-next\",\"prevEl\":\"#gutenslider-spzoa2xem .eedee-gutenslider-prev\"},\"pagination\":{\"type\":\"bullets\",\"clickable\":true,\"dynamicBullets\":false,\"el\":\"#gutenslider-spzoa2xem .eedee-gutenslider-pagination\"},\"pauseOnHover\":\"1\",\"watchSlidesProgress\":true,\"watchSlidesVisibility\":true,\"settingsMd\":{\"autoHeight\":\"\",\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"loop\":true},\"settingsLg\":{\"autoHeight\":\"1\",\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"loop\":true},\"hasLg\":true,\"hasLgCounter\":true,\"isFullScreen\":false,\"arrowsFollowMouse\":false,\"lgTitle\":\"none\",\"lgCaption\":\"none\",\"lgThumbnails\":true,\"lgZoomEnabled\":false,\"keyboard\":{\"keyboard\":{\"enabled\":true,\"onlyInViewport\":true}},\"hashNavigation\":false,\"dividers\":false}'><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"swiper-slide wp-block-eedee-block-gutenslide is-position-center-center ed-bg-image\" style=\"--ed-vw:300;--ed-vh:268;\" data-hash=\"\"><div class=\"eedee-background-div bg-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"914\" class=\"wp-image-5981\" src=\"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/d422-cornice-1024x914.jpg\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit: cover; 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object-position: 50% 50%;\"  data-caption=\"d422\" data-title=\"d422 copia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d422-copia-1024x893.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d422-copia-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d422-copia-768x669.jpg 768w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d422-copia-50x44.jpg 50w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d422-copia-1600x1395.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d422-copia-1536x1339.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d422-copia-2048x1785.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d422-copia-86x75.jpg 86w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d422-copia-960x837.jpg 960w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d422-copia-551x480.jpg 551w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d422-copia-480x418.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><div class=\"eedee-background-div__overlay\" style=\"opacity:1;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slide-content\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center gutenslider-content-initial has-larger-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><button class=\"eedee-gutenslider-nav eedee-gutenslider-prev\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"><circle class=\"bg\" cx=\"13\" cy=\"12\" r=\"11\" \/><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h24v24H0z\"\/><path class=\"arrow\" d=\"M10.828 12l4.95 4.95-1.414 1.414L8 12l6.364-6.364 1.414 1.414z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><button class=\"eedee-gutenslider-nav eedee-gutenslider-next\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"><circle class=\"bg\" cx=\"11\" cy=\"12\" r=\"11\" \/><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h24v24H0z\"\/><path class=\"arrow\" d=\"M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><div class=\"eedee-gutenslider-pagination\"><\/div><div class=\"gutenslider-divider-bottom \" style=\"color:#fff;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Orazio De Ferrari<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Voltri, 1606 &#8211; Genoa, 1657<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Philrmon and Baucis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">oil on canvas, cm 186,5&#215;212<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">dated: 1640 ca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This beautiful painting depicts a scene from Ovid\u2019s Metamorphoses (VIII, 618-724), telling the story of Baucis and Philemon, a pious elderly couple from Phrygia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zeus and Hermes were travelling through the region disguised as poor travellers to test the goodness of humankind. \u201cA thousand houses they approached &#8230; a thousand houses were locked and bolted. But one received them,\u201d that is the poor cottage of Baucis and Philemon, the only ones to be saved when the gods submerged that area to punish the godlessness of humankind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our painting depicts the climax of the story when, shocked by the fact that \u201cas soon as the mixing bowl was empty, it refilled itself, unaided, and the wine appeared of its own accord,\u201d the elderly couple realise that they are in the presence of two divine guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The painting is certainly the work of Orazio de Ferrari and is included in Piero Donati\u2019s monograph dedicated to the painter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An important exponent of Genoese Baroque and a pupil of Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo, after an initial, more Mannerist period, De Ferrari veered completely towards a more naturalistic style of painting, with strong tones and a vocation for realism, thanks to the influences Gioacchino Assereto exerted on him (especially after his stay in Rome) and the effects that painters of the calibre of Vouet, Vel\u00e1zquez, Gentileschi, Rubens and Van Dyck had on the Ligurian city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This turning point in his career would lead Roberto Longhi to bestow the appellation of \u201cnaturalistic baroque\u201d on him (\u201cGenova Pittrice,\u201d in Paragone, XXX \u2013 1979).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our painting is explanatory in this regard. It is characterised by strong colour contrasts and sharp, confident brushstrokes, as can be seen, for example, in the splendid rendering of Hermes\u2019 back \u201cinvested by a violent, spotlight-like beam of light that reverberates on the tablecloth and the yellow cloak and, rebounding off them, touches the portentous plumage of the fleeing goose,\u201d as Donati writes, dating it to around 1651.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**Please note that this work has been notified with Ministerial Decree of 18 November 2008 and has been declared of exceptional artistic interest. This work cannot be exported from Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7088,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"portfolio-types":[46],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/7089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-types?post=7089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}