Through the image of the Duchess' painting, readers can see the Duke's strong desire for power. He says that "no one puts away the curtain I drew for you" demonstrating the Duke's desire to have full control over the Duchess also through his painting. Furthermore, through the painting of the Duchess, the poet is able to show how the Duke has objectified the Duchess by embodying her as a painting. Through this image of a painting, the reader is further shown how the Duke treated her as if she were a possession and even called her “my object.” The Duke tells the visitor to "Notice Neptune, though, taming a seahorse," which is the second work of art this poem is about. The second artwork symbolizes the Duke himself and his personality. The way the Duke controlled the Duchess parallels the way Neptune controls the seahorse in the painting. The Duke refers to his Duchess' artist as "Father 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 with this title, the Duke demonstrates both his respect for the artist and his amiable relationship with him as a "brother" or as a