An Allegory c.1640-70
Oil on canvas | 130.1 x 164.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404053
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An allegorical group within a landscape; a naked woman lies on the ground holding the hand of a man wearing a red toga, left; a richly dressed woman stands behind looking up to a winged and blindfolded naked woman with a child on her lap.
Provenance
First recorded in the Round Tower (Room no 645) at Windsor Castle in 1879
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
130.1 x 164.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
146.7 x 182.2 x 9.0 cm (frame, external)
Other number(s)
ML add-CarracciAlternative title(s)
Fame trampling on Envy, traditionally identified as