Flavio Gianassi is very honoured to have contributed to the exhibition Cera una volta. I Medici e le arti della ceroplastica, at the Galleria degli Uffizi with the loan of our painting by the Florentine master Pier Dandini.

This significant exhibition, running from 18 December 2025 to 12 April 2026, examines the profound relationship between the Medici court and the art of wax modelling, presenting a selection of works that illuminate the scientific, artistic, and intellectual culture of early modern Florence.

This witchcraft scene painted by Pier Dandini appears to be partly inspired by the character Isman from Jerusalem Delivered.  However, this is not a literal illustration of Tasso’s poem, but rather a free evocation of the beginning of Canto XIΙΙ, where the terrible necromancer enchants the sinister forest near Jerusalem so that the crusaders cannot exploit its wood to build their siege machines. 

The painting, of notable chromatic richness, illustrates an episode full of complex symbolism and profound esoteric meanings, often difficult to read iconographically. 

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