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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 13101368, member: 5833&quot;]Relocated from turtle whistle/rattle thread:</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a yellowed framed print of this on my living room wall because it belonged to my maternal grandmother. My mother had no memory of its ever being hung in their home, &amp; I think we found it in her &quot;hope&quot; chest, so probably something she had before her marriage. The title is <i>Isabella, or the Pot of Basil</i>, drawing on a poem by John Keats, which in turn draws from the Decameron. The print is much smaller than the original.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Isabella_and_the_Pot_of_Basil.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=index&amp;utm_content=original" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>John White Alexander, Boston MFA</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a gruesome tale. Her murdered lover&#039;s head is in the pot. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure Alexander qualifies as a master.&nbsp; She&#039;s accompanied by a copy of a work that is by a master, but it&#039;s a painted copy, not a print, &amp; Guido Reni is most definitely not modern.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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