No time for details but a match to an elephant and giraffe
in the Stufetta of Cardinal Bibbiena in the Vatican means the circumstantial
case against Giovanni da Udine as the author of The Garden of Earthly
Delights/El Jardín de las Delicias (against since he seems to have wanted to
stay anonymous) is much easier to make than it would be otherwise. Not surprisingly
the elephant’s name Anonne (Hanno in English) is a pun on Anonimo or Anonymous.
The
photograph is a detail from Nicole Dacos and Caterina Furlan, Giovanni da Udine
1487-1561 (1987), page 45, “Giovanni da Udine, Volta della Loggetta del
cardinale Bibbiena, particolare. Città del Vaticano.”
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