Through the image of the Duchess's painting, readers can see the Duke's strong desire for power. He says that "no one puts before the curtain that I drew for you", showing the Duke's desire to have total control over the Duchess even through his painting. Also, through the painting of the Duchess, the poet is able to show how the Duke has objectified the Duchess by embodying her in the form of a painting. Through this image of a painting, the reader further sees how the Duke treated her as if she were a possession and he even refers to her as "my object." The Duke tells the visitor to "Notice Neptune, yet tame a seahorse", which is the second work of art this poem is about. The second work symbolizes the Duke himself and his personality. The way the Duke controlled the Duchess parallels the way Neptune controls the seahorse in the chart. The Duke calls his Duchess's artist "Fr Pandolf". “Fra” is “used as a title equivalent to brother preceding the name of an Italian monk or friar” (Merriam, Webster). By referring to Pandolf by this title, the Duke shows both his respect for the artist and his friendly relationship with him as a "brother" or