Sculpture
Allegory of Virtue
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- Date
- late 17th - early 18th century
- Accession number
- 20.36
- 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 × 27 1/2 × 19 in. (195.6 × 69.9 × 48.3 cm.) base: 18 × 27 × 27 in. (45.7 × 68.6 × 68.6 cm.) overall: 95 × 27 1/2 × 27 in. (241.3 × 69.9 × 68.6 cm.)
- Medium
- limestone
- Description
- This statue can be read as a personification of Virtue. Wearing a laurel leaves crown on her head and with a rayed sun at her breast, the woman holds a scepter and a round wreath of laurel leaves in her hands.
- Credit
- The Huntington
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
