500 Pieces
The Calumny of Apelles
by Sandro Botticelli (1494)
Apelles was court painter of Macedon to the court of Philipp II of Macedon and his son Alexander the Great. His paintings are all lost, but thanks to literats of the ancient times, the masterpieces have been described and preserved.
Apelles painted himself being maligned. On this detail you can see him being dragged over the floor by a young woman. She's the allegory of slander. The other women are allegories of rascality and betrayal.
King Midas with donkey-ears, affected by two women - they are allegories of arrogance and foolishness.
The man on the left who looks like a hermit is the hate.
On the left side of the painting are two women: the allegory of penitence on the right, dressed in black robes, and the incarnate naked truth.
This wonderful Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw has plenty of Whimsies inside:
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