Fable  1580

Alternative Title: An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool (Fábula) [br] This scene of a young man blowing on burning embers was already developed by El Greco in Italy. Here, the motif is complicated by a mischievous young man and a monkey. This possible allegory of sexual desire may also be inspired by a classical work that was often ...