'Umfanekiso kaMichele Marullo Tarcaniota', isiqwenga sikaSandro Botticelli (uFlorence, 1445-1510), ubuyele kwiMyuziyam yoBugcisa obuLungileyo eValencia emva kokuhlala kwakhe eParis.
Njengoko ingxelo yegalari yobugcisa yaseValencian, ukusuka kulo Lwesibini uluntu lunokufumana isiqwenga, esishiye ngexesha leentlanganiso zemixholo yomboniso 'Botticelli, artist & designer', eboniswe kwiMyuziyam yaseJacquemart-André eParis kwaye utyelelwe ngabantu abangaphezu kwama-265.000.
Umfanekiso-okuphela kwawo ngumbhali wase-Italiya ofunyenwe eSpain- "ngoyena ngokoqobo" kwabo bapeyintwe yinkosi yeFlorentine kwaye ukhupha "inkohliso engenakuthelekiswa nanto".
Umsebenzi wagcinwa eValencia simahla ngesivumelwano esatyikitywa phakathi koMphathiswa weMfundo, iNkcubeko neMidlalo kunye nentsapho yakwaGuardans Cambó, ukuba umsebenzi wawuhlala ixesha elide kwiMyuziyam yezoBugcisa.
'Umfanekiso kaMichele Marullo Tarcaniota' ngumsebenzi owenziwe kwi-tempera ebhodini udluliselwe kwi-canvas enomlinganiselo we-49 x 36 cm. I-quarter-quarter bust imelwe nguMichele Marullo Tarcanioca (1453-1500), imbongi, ijoni kunye nomntu wemvelaphi yamaGrike owaphela ehlala eFlorence ekhuselwe yintsapho yaseMedici kwaye ejikelezwe ngabaculi kunye nababhali. Umlinganiswa ubonakala enxibe ezimnyama kwimvelaphi yesibhakabhaka esiluhlaza.
Iinwele zakhe zinde kwaye ubuso bakhe buthe rhuthu, ejonge ngasekhohlo. Amehlo amnyama aneembonakalo zegolide ezikhanyisayo kwaye imilebe izotywe ngemigca ecacileyo kunye nebukhali.
Ngo-1929, uFrancesc Cambó waqamba umzobo wakhe kwaye ukusukela ngoko waba yinxalenye yengqokelela yeCambó eBarcelona.
