Paolo Veronese, Italian
“As a Matter of Fact, Yes I DO Sleep With It. Why Is That Weird?,” ca. 1575
Oil on canvas
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MASTERPIECE #3147
/// Alessandro Vittoria posed
with his sculpture, and its pose disclosed
that it won’t show its face
’cause it fears the disgrace
of its wee genitalia exposed.
/// Or, perhaps the true source of disgrace is
to be found in two whole other places.
Painted statues are mocked:
One head’s missing, one’s blocked.
Can it be that he just can’t sculpt faces?
Info, or links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here (archived if necessary), here (can be read in full for free on Fridays), here (archived if necessary), here, here, here, here, here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated Italian Wikipedia page has more).