Tátrai Vilmos szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 95. (Budapest, 2001)

DOBOS, ZSUZSANNA: Two hitherto unknown paintings by Flaminio Torri

78. Flaminio Torri: Sibyl. Burghley House, Collection of Lady Exeter The tight space, the postures and gestures accompanying the rite of drinking create an intimacy unusual for the subject matter, a relationship of a Cimon and Pero, between Isaac's future wife and the old servant. In creating this intimacy, the vessel, an overt symbol of the feminine principle, of the matrix and fertility, plays a dominant role. As an element of genre, the mother nursing her baby in her arms and watching the ritual with provocative curiosity is also placed in the foreground. Her presence is as unusual