Allegory  of Jealousy?

Cleveland Museum of Art

Allegory of Jealousy?

Peter FlötnerLinkedCulture matchlcp-6878996cc370

Date
1500s
Medium
gilt bronze
Culture
Germany, Nuremberg
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
130045

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The meaning of a small blindfolded child wielding a knife at an elderly couple is uncertain. Instead of a myth or historical subject, it more likely personifies an emotion.

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Credit line
John L. Severance Fund
Provenance
Herbert N. Bier (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1952.

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