Sculpture
A Virtue
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- Date
- late 17th - early 18th century
- Accession number
- 20.46
- 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
- 79 1/2 × 29 × 22 in. (201.9 × 73.7 × 55.9 cm.) base: 17 × 27 × 27 in. (43.2 × 68.6 × 68.6 cm.) overall: 96 1/2 × 29 × 27 in. (245.1 × 73.7 × 68.6 cm.)
- Medium
- limestone
- Description
- This statue portrays a personification of a virtue as a woman in armor. On her shield is a Medusa's head.
- Credit
- The Huntington
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
