#NationalBadgerDay pet portrait:
#ItalianRenaissance artist Sodoma (b. Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, 1477 – 1549) inserted a self portrait with his pet #badgers into his Stories of St. Benedict fresco cycle LOL!

Life of St Benedict, Scene 3: Benedict Repairs a Broken Colander Through Prayer (fresco in Abbazia territoriale di Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Tuscany, 1505-08)
#RenaissanceArt

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stories_of_Saint_Benedict_in_Monte_Oliveto_Maggiore_by_Sodoma

The week in art: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael; Drawing the Italian Renaissance – review

A trio of Renaissance masters look over each other’s shoulders in Florence 1504, while a parallel show of drawings gets to the very heart of their art

The Guardian