Cleveland Museum of Art
Allegorical Figure
Bernardo StrozziLinkedCulture matchlcp-a938cd598313
- Date
- c. 1636
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Culture
- Italy, 17th century
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 110566
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
During the 1630s, the Genoese artist Bernardo Strozzi painted a number of female figures representing various intellectual and artistic pursuits, reflecting the appeal of such allegories among learned patrons in northern Italy. Recent scholarship has convincingly identified the subject of this painting as Minerva. The Roman goddess of war has put aside her armor for more contemplative pursuits; her upward gaze—as if seeking inspiration—recalls her other associations with wisdom, eloquence, and the arts. The preparatory drawing for this painting is also in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art (1953.626).
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- Credit line
- Gift of the Friends of The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Provenance
- Until 1929: Collection of Italico Brass, Venice, Italy) | 1929: Sold from the Italico Brass collection, Venice, with the assistance of Harold Woodbury Parsons to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1929 - Present: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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