Date : near 1750
Material : Painting on canvas
Acquisition : Anonymous gift in memory of Oliver H. Payne (1923)
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Italian Painting
Painting (Allégorie)
Area related
Venise (Italy)
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This light-filled composition was painted about 1750 to decorate a celing in a room of the Palazzo Barbaro, Venice. The Barbaro were among the most illustrious Venetian families, and it is to them that the male figure of Valor accompanied by a lion alludes. Behind Valor is Fame blowing her trumpet and holding an olive branch, while behind the lion is Abundance, with a cornucopia. At the lower left are Prudence, with a snake, and Nobility, holding a statuette of Minerva.
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