The work by Giuseppe Guindani is a lyrical composition, with a solemn, theatrical tone in its approach and reinforced in its figurative content by a framework of citations deriving from the world of art and literature, which enrich its noetic dimension. While the stretch of sky is reminiscent of the 18th-century painting of a Tiepolo or a Rosalba Carriera on account of the “similpastel” treatment of the shadows, the gold foil on the face recalls the burial mask of Agamemnon for the fixedness of the expression and the “creased” surface, whereas the sparrow inexorably evokes the Madonna by Guercino in the Bolognese picture gallery: all demonstrating the mastery of synthesis applied by the young artist and related in turn with literary contents with a high degree of symbolism. Again the background of aVenetian 18th century and hisambiguous transfigurationsbetween being and appearance,the artist inserts the poetic visionof Sappho announcing the arrivalof Venus, goddess of love, natureand fertility, through sparrows.In Guindani’s interpretation themetaphysical delicacy of the Greektale assumes the substance of a amarena cherry, the vital fulcrumof the earth is the Fabbri vase and nature, understood as creative life force, is renewed “in reverse”regenerating itself from fruit toflower.