Sculpture

Allegorical Figure of Peace

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
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 Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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