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Date : approx. between 1658 and 1659
Material : Oil on canvas
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European Painting
Painting
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Italy
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A satire on the nepotism of Pope Alexander VII (reigned 1655-1667). This painting aroused such a furor that only the intervention of the pope's brother prevented Rosa's imprisonment. The work shows a personification of Fortune indiscriminately bestowing symbols of wealth, status, and power on base animals. Bitter over his exclusion from papal patronage, the artist depicted the beasts trampling attributes of art and learning, including a book that bears his monogram.
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