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Allegorical Figure of a Woman with a Club (Fortitude?)
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1740 - 1750
Tiepolo was the leading decorative painter of the 18th century, whose work was admired and commissioned throughout Europe. This oval canvas and its companion –two paintings of a series of four –were undoubtedly part of a large decorative programme in a formal room of a Venetian palace (palazzo). The four oval canvasses were meant to be hung high up, so that the gold ground would reflect the candlelight.
- Artwork typepainting, grisaille
- Object numberSK-A-3437
- Dimensionsheight 81 cm x width 65 cm
- Physical characteristicsolieverf gouden grond, op doek