associated with the Virgin as an allegorical symbol of her purity and virginity a symbol in portraits of marital fidelity or simply an indication of the status a symbol of luxury in still life or without a symbolic meaning, they are attractive, exotic birds, which make for striking visual motifs

2. associated with the Virgin as an allegorical symbol of her purity and virginity
a symbol in portraits of marital fidelity or simply an indication of the status
a symbol of luxury in still life
or without a symbolic meaning, they are attractive, exotic birds, which make for striking visual motifs

3. The Parrot in the painting
(1)

4. The religious parrot …

6. depictions of Adam and Eve, Cain killing Abel ...
a nosegay and a parrot symbolizing the Garden of
Eden …
(in Christian iconography original sin in the
Garden of Eden, was redeemed by the sacrificial
death of Jesus)
Jan van Eyck
The Madonna with Canon van der Paele
La Vierge au chanoine Van der Paele
1436
Groeninge Museum, Bruges

10. a variety of symbolic elements
an apple, referring to the Fall of Adam
and Eve
the grapevine
and
the parrot, symbols of Mary’s role as
intercessor and of the virgin birth
Peter Paul Rubens
The Holy Family with the Parrot
La Sainte Famille, dite Vierge au Perroquet
1614
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp,
Antwerpen

14. … a version with erotic tendencies of the
Virgin and child for the aristocratic clientele
and not churches
a cherub that looks a lot like a little cupid
and
a parrot, symbol of virginity, but also of
worldly love (he nibbles Mary in the neck) ...
Hans Baldung Grien
Madonna with the Parrots
Vierge au perroquet
1533
Germanisches National Museum, Nuremberg

18. parrot …
associated with the Virgin as an allegorical
symbol of her purity and virginity
Master of the Parrot
Maître au perroquet
Virgin and Child
Vierge à l'Enfant
1520-1530
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego

22. Christ
St John the Baptist
angel
and
a parrot
Francesco Salviati, Francesco de' Rossi
The Holy Family with a Parrot
La Sainte Famille avec un perroquet
1543
Museo de Prado, Madrid

26. on the edge of a forest
a angel offering strawberries to the Child Jesus
another angel drawing water from a spring
and
one brings back the spoils of his hunt: a parrot
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach l’Ancien
The Rest on The Flight into Egypt
Repos pendant la fuite en Egypte et détails
1504
Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Berlin

31. a very personal treatment of the subject
an atmosphere considered profane...
Last Supper
With
buffoons, drunken Germans
a servant with a bleeding nose
an colourful dwarf jester
and
a parrot that replaces the dove of the Holy
Spirit
Paolo Veronese
Feast in the House of Levi
Le Repas chez Levi
1573
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

36. King of Selene
Princess Cleodolinda
St George
a group of musicians
a dog
and
a parrot
Vittore Carpaccio
Baptism of the Selenites
Baptême des Silénites, Saint Georges
baptisant les Silénites
1502
Scuola di San Giorgio degli
Schiavoni, Venice

42. Noah and his family
and
a profusion of animals considered exotic by 17th-
century Europeans:
turkeys from the New World and African ostriches
porcupines, lions and leopards
and
parrots
Jan Brueghel the Elder
Jan Brueghel l'Ancien
The Entry of the Animals into Noah's Ark
L'entrée dans l'arche de Noé
1613
Getty Center, J. Paul Getty Museum

50. the moment just before the consumption of
forbidden fruit and the fall of man ...
Adam and Eve
the tree
the serpent
plants and animals ...
Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder
Peter Paul Rubens et Jan Brueghel l'Ancien
The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man
Le jardin d'Eden et la chute de l'homme
1617
Mauritshuis, The Hague

57. Adam and Eve
a serpent
and
a parrot
a deliberate contrast:
the serpent offering Eve the apple, a symbol of sin
the parrot, stands for the Virgin Mary and for wisdom
Albrecht Dürer
Adam and Eve
Adam et Ève
1504
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York

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