Description
Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520/21-1582)
Allegorical Figure Holding a Sphere
(after Giulio Romano?), mid-1560s
Engraving
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1972.149
Scholars disagree about the identity of this allegorical personification.
She has been variously described as Victory, Fortune, Temperance, and the
Primum Mobile (Prime Mover), believed to be a force that generated
celestial motion.
Provenance
purchased from (David Tunick, Inc., NY)
Accession Number
1972.149
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 24 x 13.4 cm (9 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Classification
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund