Shad wrote: zgodt wrote: This reminds me of a story by Giorgio Vasari told in his
Lives of the Painters (from 16th century Italy, where everyone was Catholic) about an artist named Nunziata, "a painter of puppets" and "a jest-loving and witty man."
Quote: When a citizen once confessed to him that certain painters displeased him because they only treated lascivious subjects, and said that he wanted a Madonna which should be modest and not an incitement to desire, Nunziata painted him one with a beard.
This both proves and disproves your hypothesis.
Excellent
