I think what happened is that this artist was painting from his imagination, and he painted that boy with the blue pants that you can see at the bottom of the painting first.
But he really fucked up that part and the blue pants boy looked super weird, and he couldn’t figure out how to fix it, so he painted another boy on top of the first boy to hide the mistakes.
But then, that boy looked pretty weird, too, so he painted a horse on top of the boy. But he painted the horse too small, so he had to have the horse lift its leg to hide at least part of the boy. But then, the horse looked pretty weird itself, so he just moved to a different part of the painting.
How dare you make my brain your brain.
10/10
this is part of the Journey of the Magi on the east wall of the Magi Chapel in Florence, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli around 1459.
Thanks!
I’m wondering if it some sort of signal, his other hand is holding his belt weirdly, so maybe something like a gang sign that his contemporaries would understand? That or that painter wanted hum reaching for his dagger, but got the arm position wrong?
I’m wondering if it some sort of signal
Wonder no further, this MF can’t paint hands
It’s not the hand I’m worried about, it’s the wrist! I wish I knew what painting this is from, I really want to see everyone else, and what’s going on with their hands.
I wish I knew what painting this is from
Lol I’m sure reverse image could do you well, but I will say hand (and wrist) looks fine in top right.
We do need more samples.
Please let us know what you find, soldier.
Ok, it’s a detail from the Procession of the Magi fresco in the Medici chapel in Florence, specifically part of the Procession of the youngest king. There’s images of parts of it in the link above, or a full landscape here. Our chap is near the left end.
Benozzo Gozzoli, the artist, seems perfectly capable of painting hands, so it seems likely that he did this deliberately. He’s included the likenesses of key members of the Medici family as the kings, and more of the family and their friends as the retinue, so it is very likely that the image represents a specific person. There’s another figure, in the next panel, wearing a bright red cap, holding his hand in a similar way, so I suspect it is just supposed to show them relaxed, although the way the figure in the OP is holding his belt and staring at the viewer in an alnost challenging way makes me wonder if there is more the artist was trying to communicate.
Oh shit, you came through!
He’s resting his thumb on the dagger and the weight of the arm pushes the wrist down way past the thumb anchor point. Try it out, seems pretty normal to me.
We got ourselves a real dandy here
Why did you focus on that when that dude in front has that 9 mile long arm with long fingers, fuck you if you pretend kids don’t get targeted
… what?
that’s a horse
I don’t mind if you misunderstood. I would never manipulate a horse. I don’t know shit about horses.
I don’t know much about horses either, but one thing I do know is that they poop everywhere they go.
Homie that’s a leg.
Where are the kids?
Pardon my meltdown
All good lmao, it caught me off guard
