THEOFANO MELLIOU
FINE ART
B
s
ketches
and
studies
for
the
second
canvas
that
is being completed during this period
the asassination of prince Gesualdo’s wife and her lover by prince Gesualdo,oil on canvas,1,50X1,00m.
Carlo
Gesualdo
of
Venosa
(possibly
8th
of
March
1566
–
8th
of
September
1613)
prince
of
Venosa
and
duke
of
Conza,
was
a
famous
renaissance
composer
of
polyphony,
he
was
however
notorious
for
his
atrocities
against
his
wife
and
her
lover.
It
is
recorded
that
he
trapped
the
couple
in
the
bedroom,
where
he
ordered
his
guards
to
execute
them.
Not stopping there, he made sure they were no longer in this world, by using his own hands.
His
unbelievable
life
and
his
extravagant
music,
both
disobedient
to
the
laws
of
men,
gave
the
painter
inspiration
for two canvases of the same subject and size, which can be seen here.
PS. The first painting in the slideshow below, is in progress and is being completed during this period, so the pictures are studies for the final canvas.