What does Nicodemus wear in the Entombment of Christ (inv. 441) painted by Titian for Antonio Pérez and now preserved at the Prado Museum? Is it just a standard fabric printed with large spots? What is the meaning of this spotted pattern? This article aims to propose an iconological commentary on this painting identifying and trying to explain the meaning of the textile in this particular work. It reproduces a so-called “çintamani” (or a pseudo-çintamani): a motif consisting of three balls sometimes combined with two wavy lines, a characteristic design of the Ottoman repertoires. It is a significant “migrant image” which has traveled through time and space, from the East to the West of the world, becoming a symbol of the Islamic Power.
Il "çintamani": un tessuto ottomano nella Deposizione di Tiziano nel Museo del Prado
Pittui Ilenia
2019-01-01
Abstract
What does Nicodemus wear in the Entombment of Christ (inv. 441) painted by Titian for Antonio Pérez and now preserved at the Prado Museum? Is it just a standard fabric printed with large spots? What is the meaning of this spotted pattern? This article aims to propose an iconological commentary on this painting identifying and trying to explain the meaning of the textile in this particular work. It reproduces a so-called “çintamani” (or a pseudo-çintamani): a motif consisting of three balls sometimes combined with two wavy lines, a characteristic design of the Ottoman repertoires. It is a significant “migrant image” which has traveled through time and space, from the East to the West of the world, becoming a symbol of the Islamic Power.
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