Allegorical Figure of a Woman with a Shield or a Mirror (Prudence?), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1740 - 1750

Identification

Title(s)

Allegorical Figure of a Woman with a Shield or a Mirror (Prudence?)
Allegorische vrouwenfiguur met een schild of spiegel (wellicht Voorzichtigheid)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3438

Description

Halfnaakte allegorische vrouwenfiguur, zittend in de wolken met een schild of spiegel. Waarschijnlijk de personificatie van Voorzichtigheid (Prudentia). Pendant van SK-A-3437. Grisaille op gouden ondergrond.

Creation

Artist

painter: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Dating

c. 1740 - 1750

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

height 81 cm × width 65 cm

Subject

What

protective weapons: shield

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1941

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

See the provenance for SK-A-3437.

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Documentation

Familie Vom Rath-Bunge te Amsterdam : en de nalatenschap van J.W.E. vom Rath (1863-1940)
Italian Paintings from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in Dutch Public Collections, Bernard Jan Hendrik Aikema, Ewoud Mijnlieff, Mandy Sikkens, Gert Jan van der Sman, Bert Treffers
Aanwinsten 1940-1946 : tentoonstelling van schilderijen, beeldhouwkunst, meubelen, kunstnijverheid, teekeningen en prenten, verworven in de jaren 1940-1946, p. 24, cat.nr. 53

Persistent URL

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