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Fortuna

ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Date17th-19th Century
Mediumbronze
Dimensions8 in. (20.3 cm.) 8 × 5 × 4 1/4 in. (20.3 × 12.7 × 10.8 cm.)
DescriptionFull-length female figure of slender proportions, slightly draped, with eyes blindfolded and flowing hair. She is poised with the right foot on a globe, the left raised in the air; her left arm uplifted, her head thrown back and turned slightly to the left, her right arm hangs by her side. An extinguished torch, held in the open hand, rests upon her arm.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number17.10