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This painting is one of the supreme achievements of Michele Desubleo, a Flemish artist who trained in Rome alongside his stepbrother, Nicolas Régnier, before joining the workshop of Guido Reni. Desubleo combines Reni’s sensual depiction of the human form, citing his Sacred and Profane Love (Palazzo Spinola, Genoa), with a magnificent still life comprised of musical instruments, painter’s palette, fragments of sculpture, and armour that must have satisfied his learned humanist audience who—ideally, at least—balanced material pleasures with virtuous behaviour.

Allegory of Sacred and Profane Love Canvas
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Allegory of Sacred and Profane Love Greetings Card
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