Sculpture
Allegorical Figure of Peace
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- Date
- late 17th - early 18th century
- Accession number
- 20.33
- Maker
- Agostino Testa(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1662–1735)
- Attributeds
- previously attributed to Francesco Marinali(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1609–1660)
- previously attributed to Unknown, Italian(Opens in new tab) (Italian)
- Dimensions
- 77 × 30 × 21 in. (195.6 × 76.2 × 53.3 cm.) base: 18 1/2 × 26 1/2 × 27 in. (47 × 67.3 × 68.6 cm.) overall: 95 1/2 × 30 × 27 in. (242.6 × 76.2 × 68.6 cm.)
- Medium
- limestone
- Description
- This statue portrays a woman wearing a plumed helmet and holding a reversed torch in her left hand. It can be interpreted as a personification of Peace.
- Credit
- The Huntington
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
