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Allegorical Figure of a Woman with a Shield or a Mirror (Prudence?)
The female figures in this painting and its pendant are rendered in a limited range of colours, thereby evoking marble or stucco reliefs on a gold ground. Because these decorative paintings were meant to be seen from a distance, Tiepolo did not find it necessary to make the figures clearly identifiable. This woman may represent Prudence (prudentia), and the other one Fortitude (fortitudo) holding …
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/45C19(SHIELD)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
- Grisaille
Medium
- J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/45C19(SHIELD)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
- Grisaille
Medium
- J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1740 - 1750
- 1740~/1750~
- 1740~/1750~
Place-Time
- second quarter 18th century
Provenance
- See the provenance for SK-A-3437.
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.9671
- SK-A-3438
Extent
- height 81 cm
- width 65 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:15:24.880Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:51.555Z