„et l’amoroso sguardo in sé raccolto“ Petrarch's poems as inspiration
9 November 2023
Lecture by Konrad Schlegel
(in German language)
How much does Francesco Laurana's famous Viennese bust in the Kunstkammer owe to Francesco Petrarch's sorrowful sonnets to his beloved Laura? In over 300 touching love poems, the Italian Renaissance poet sang about and described the unapproachable beauty who refused him all his life.
„(...) et l’amoroso sguardo in sé raccolto“ Some of this is reflected in our cool marble bust. Is she an ideal portrait of Laura?