WHO WAS NOSTRADAMUS? (2) But to even contemplate the possibility that Nostradamus and Bronzino were one and the same person, that’s crazy, no? Well, they both worked for the Medicis: Bronzino painted for Cosimo I, who succeeded the son of Lorenzo as leader of Tuscany – and Nostradamus prophesied for Catherine, the daughter of Lorenzo, after she married the King of France. There is a painting, furthermore, by Bronzino dated 1561, entitled ‘Noli Me Tangere’ (‘Don’t Touch Me’), the year Nostradamus was briefly imprisoned for publishing his 1562 almanac without permission. We might think that was just coincidence were it not for the fact that Bronzino then signed his painting… ever so faintly: ‘Nostradamus’. So Nostradamus’ son said he was Bronzino, and Bronzino said he was Nostradamus, they were born within a month of one another, and on and off they worked for the same family – albeit in different countries. It’s still far fetched. But what did our prophet and our artist look like? Is there any similarity? Judge for yourself: I found just four portraits of Nostradamus (marked ‘N’), and six of our artist, all at different times of life, skinny after hard times, and plump after the good – and here they are all together: I personally don’t take his prophesies too seriously, but should I take Nostradamus’ possible alias seriously? The faces were painted by different people, and there is a fair amount of variation, but I do have the feeling I am looking at the same person. But there is one more clue... More at: petermerlincane.wordpress/category/spelling-it-out/1-letters-everywhere/
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:09:43 +0000
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