In Portrait of a Lady (Correggio), how is the Description discussed?
The Portrait of a Lady is a large painting, 103cm by 87.5cm. It shows a three-quarter length portrait of a woman against a backdrop of a leafy tree (the trunk of which is covered in ivy) and a distant landscape on the right, which is dominated by a deep blue sky. The woman portrayed is facing to the left of the image, with her face tilted to the viewer. She is wearing a low-cut black and white robe. She has an elaborate hairstyle kept in place by a brooch. She also wears a gold necklace. In the woman's hand there is a cup with a Greek inscription; The inscription is a quotation from Homer's Odyssey ("NHΠENΘΕΣ", or Nepenthe). Underneath this cup there is a rope on the woman's leg.
Nepenthe Homer Odyssey