Allegorical Figure Holding a Sphere

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Allegorical Figure Holding a Sphere

Giorgio GhisiLinkedCulture matchlcp-7db0c19dfa1a

Date
mid 1560s
Medium
engraving
Culture
Italy, 16th century
Department
Prints
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
146699

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Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520/21-1582) Allegorical Figure Holding a Sphere (after Giulio Romano?), mid-1560s Engraving Dudley P. Allen Fund 1972.149 Scholars disagree about the identity of this allegorical personification. She has been variously described as Victory, Fortune, Temperance, and the Primum Mobile (Prime Mover), believed to be a force that generated celestial motion.

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Dudley P. Allen Fund
Provenance
purchased from (David Tunick, Inc., NY)

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