In my humble opinion, custom painting and what it meant a great lord or protector of the gift ... This can be judged by how would random selection of ancient gods .. Heracles (the figure on the left at the top with a club in his right hand and a bow in the left, in a cloak of skins nimfeyskogo lion) represents strength, power ... Apollo (the patron of the arts) is given the bay wreath on the head of the poet (?).. girl turn their backs to the viewer with a cornucopia, likely depicts Fortuna, the goddess of fortune. (horn symbolizes abundance and prosperity, and is an attribute of Gay, Fortune, Plutus and the other gods ...) And at the bottom of a girl (goddess) in the tower's crown at the foot of a young man and supporting him ... And finally the poet himself (?) youth with a book ... The central figure in the painting (lord?) ..
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