Nicostrato on the fairy tree

The scene represents Nicostrato who sees his wife frolicking with Pyrrhus and believes that it is a vision fruit of the Enchanted pear on which he is located (novella nona della giornata settima del 'Decameron' Di Giovanni Boccaccio). This drawing fits into the typical figurative tradition of Germanic area. In fact, the recent vast legacy of "Expressionism" and " new German objectivity (grotesque deformations and the declared vulgarity of sign and images) merges with recoveries of the oldest tradition, medieval (religious and popular bohemian decorativism) and Renaissance (German woodcut, flourished and minutely descriptive).