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Madonna of the Harpies

Andrea del Sarto, Madonna of the Harpies, 1517, oil on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

har·py /ˈhärpē/

Noun

A rapacious monster described as having a woman’s head and body and a bird’s wings and claws or depicted as a bird of prey with a…
A grasping, unscrupulous woman.

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A Herculean Labor

Antonio Pollaiolo, Hercules and the Hydra, c. 1475, tempera on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

This painting has always made me laugh, from Hercules’ wind-filled Nemean lion cape to the ridiculously strange hydra. Even more remarkable is the scale, a mere 6.9 x 4.7 inches!