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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 555761, member: 5833&quot;]There is a Biblical, Jesus &amp; disciples feel to it,&nbsp; but I don&#039;t think it is.&nbsp; More like a gathering of philosophers.&nbsp; The painting, which is undoubtedly <i><b>not</b></i> called Italian Villas, contains what are meant to be clues to the identity of it all: the obelisk; the sculpture off to the right (can we can a closer pic of that?); the urn with the relief figures on it; whatever the transaction is between the seated man &amp; the standing woman(?); possibly the swans.&nbsp; Alexandria is what comes into my mind first.&nbsp; [See rethink below.]</p><p><br /></p><p>The number of women in the scene is notable.&nbsp; One giving or receiving something from the seated man.&nbsp; One going about the ordinary task of getting water.&nbsp; And one semi-reclining on a rock off to the left who is hailing the youthful figure in the foreground?&nbsp; Most of the men look quite mature except for that one.&nbsp; (One of the features that gives it a Biblical feel.)&nbsp; It would not be surprising if the role of the women is to tend to the men: the woman at the fountain may be getting water for one of them; what I called the transaction could be the woman giving dates to the man.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m just thinking out loud to see if anything comes to me or proves useful to someone else.&nbsp; Have to let it percolate in my brain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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