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Object Type
print
Museum number
1859,0709.2391
Description
Allegory of the Fortune; Fortune standing on her right foot over the globe and holding an escutcheon in her left hand, a cupid stands near her; after Reni Chiaroscuro woodcut in green
Producer name
Print made by:
Bartolomeo Coriolano
After:
Guido Reni
School/style
Italian
Production date
1630-1645
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
296 millimetres
Width:
221 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Related to Guido Reni's painting in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome.
Bibliographic references
Passavant 1860-64 / Le Peintre-Graveur
(VI.239.78)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
allegory/personification
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Tyche/Fortuna
Representation of:
Eros/Cupid
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
A E Evans & Sons
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Giuseppe Storck
(inscribed in brown ink on verso: "G. Storck a Milano 1799 / In. N°. 10797." [L.2318-9].)
Acquisition date
1859
Acquisition notes
With unidentified collector's mark 'vg' [L.2513a]
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1859,0709.2391