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Previously attributed to Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609)

An Allegory c.1640-70

Oil on canvas | 130.1 x 164.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404053

Description

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
People involved

Creator(s)

Previously attributed to
Search the collection Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609)
(artist)

Previously attributed to
Search the collection Fuller, Isaac (1606?-1672)
(artist)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Oil on canvas

oil paint, lined canvas

Measurements

130.1 x 164.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)

146.7 x 182.2 x 9.0 cm (frame, external)
Groupings
Category
Paintings
Object type(s)
visual works
paintings
Subject(s)
People
Women
Children
Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Decorative techniques & surface decoration
Floral decorations
Wreaths
Wreaths-Laurel
Science, Medicine and Technology
Industries, Crafts and Trades
Jewellery
Crowns
References

Other number(s)

ML add-Carracci

Alternative title(s)

Fame trampling on Envy, traditionally identified as

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