Allegorical Figure of a Woman with a Shield or a Mirror (Prudence?)

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Allegorical Figure of a Woman with a Shield or a Mirror (Prudence?)

Creator

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Italian painter (1696–1770) · 1696–1770

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Date
c. 1740 - 1750
Medium
canvas, oil paint (paint)
Institution
Rijksmuseum
Object ID
SK-A-3438

The female figures in this painting and its pendant are rendered in a limited range of colours, thereby evoking marble or stucco reliefs on a gold ground. Because these decorative paintings were meant to be seen from a distance, Tiepolo did not find it necessary to make the figures clearly identifiable. This woman may represent Prudence (prudentia), and the other one Fortitude (fortitudo) holding a club.

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