26 Cecchino Salviati - Allegoria della Carità

«Darling... I love them too, I promise... But for heaven's sake, it's time for the kids to go to bed and for you to come to bed!»

Cecchino Salviati - Charity - Oil on panel - 1544-48

Note: what this naked lady has to do with charity remains unclear to me... Also for your information, the magazine I'm holding is a collection of photos by Robert Mapplethorpe

[Caterina]

I love the fact that you are reading a porno magazine!

[Domenico Dodaro]

@caterina hahaha, actually not exactly a porno: it’s an interview to Robert Mapplethorpe with some of his beautiful photos (including some flowers). But I loved the attire of the girl on the cover matching with the Charity...

[Caterina]

@domenicododaro i thought it was Mapplethorpe but that you meant to underline the sexy part

[kali]

i just saw the naked man and wondered what the heck you were reading !!!lol. this makes my mind work overtime looking for the hidden meanings ... perhaps her naked breast means she would offer her milk of kindness to anybody?? looks like the children are ravishing her....and typical man thinking about his own needs while his wife struggles with the overwhelming childrearing! too much!! lol

[Domenico Dodaro]

@caterina oh you’re right! Only I’m way too shy to show off reading pure pornography! Lol
@kali66 hahaha yes, maybe too much! When I saw the painting I thought about a few mums completely unable to manage their children and become hostages of their own offspring...

[Helen Jane]

I'm speechless for all sorts of reasons.

[Rachel]

LOL, I laugh so much at these.

[Louis A. Sousa]

You fit right in with the classics!

[Taffy]

Sooo funny! You are really clever with these.

[KWind]

Excellent!

[Domenico Dodaro]

@helenhall ehm...
@888rachel I’m happy, this is what they are intended to!
@pickerandagrinner hahaha, thank you, Lou!
@taffy too kind of you! Thanks!
@kwind thank you, Kim!

[Richard Sayer]

I approve your taste in reading matter... most people can't get past the skin in Mapplethorpe's work.

[Krista Marson]

great choice for bedtime reading material. food for dreams.

[Domenico Dodaro]

@vignouse @blueberry1222 indeed, the quality of mr. Mapplethorpe’s images is well beyond the surface. In Florence, a few years ago, they hosted an exhibition at the Galleria dell’Accademia, The museum where the David by Michelangelo is kept. A setting for thought

[Lisa Pouncy]

Your narrative makes me smile and I find your skill awe inspiring! xx

[Domenico Dodaro]

@psychographer Thank you very much, Lisa, for your comments and your favs!

[Walks @ 7]

Mapplethrope's work is just so extraordinary. I all aspects of this, the surface concept and the underlying need to have an adult relationship when children are around.

[summerfield]

i am wont to think that she's wearing her dress backwards; i guess, that makes it easier to feed the babes, as well as the third and fourth one. :-D

[Domenico Dodaro]

@joysabin agree unconditionally!
@summerfield lol. I took the Mapplethorpe magazine because both ladies are wearing the same attire...

[David]

Cute family! Not sure you should be looking at Mapplethorpe given the company you have in bed with you! Unless they are his B&W flower photos of course! :-)