Why it matters
A soldier and a nursing mother face each other in a landscape as a storm gathers over a town. Despite centuries of discussion, the meaning of the scene remains elusive, and its landscape is an important early step in the history of landscape painting.
Did you know?
- It was commissioned by the Venetian noble Gabriele Vendramin.
- X-rays show that Giorgione originally painted a second female nude where the man now stands.
- In Italy it is also known as 'The Gypsy Woman and the Soldier'.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Tempest (Giorgione) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
