Talk:Boy Bitten by a Lizard

This is also personal opinion and conjecture
Discussion of what the painting means seems to be completely conjecture with nothing to support it. Little Red Riding Hood  talk  21:43, 20 October 2008 (UTC)


 * You've added the wrong tag - what you're actually wanting to say is that the article lacks citations. Without citations from reliable sources it could indeed be personal conjecture. However, the interpretations given are mainstream ones from scholars of art history - Longhi is noted as a reference, but Gash was also used, and I believe others. You're right, nevertheless, about the leck of cites - perhaps you'd like to read some of the major Caravaggio studies and add them? (I'm serious about this - the books are available in any large library). PiCo (talk) 07:22, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm no art expert. And I do think the POV tag is correct, since all we have here is uncited opinion.   Little Red Riding Hood  talk  19:20, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Not a POV dispute - changed to correct tag. Enki H. (talk) 12:53, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Two versions
There seems to have been some confusion in the past as to which version was illustrated. We now have both versions.--Alan (talk) 18:43, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Martial: "Ad te reptani, puer insidiose, lacertae parce: cupit digitis illa perire tuis."
Anybody want to give us a translation of the Latin? My little Collins Latin dictionary doesn't even have some of the words--e.g., I had to get "insidiose" by checking the etymology of insidious in my American Heritage Dictionary!

My partial, doubtless inaccurate stab, whose appearance I hope will goad someone into putting right: "Have mercy, lizard, creeping around, lying in wait for a boy; let go of that tempting finger you've grabbed!" GeorgeTSLC (talk) 16:02, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

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