Allegorical Figure Holding a Sphere

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)

Allegorical Figure Holding a Sphere

Giorgio Ghisi

mid 1560s

Accession Number

1972.149

Medium

engraving

Dimensions

Sheet: 24 x 13.4 cm (9 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Dudley P. Allen Fund