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Allegory of Sanguinity

Allegory of Sanguinity

Maker Agostino Testa (Italian, 1662 - 1735)

Additional Title(s)

A Musician

Collections

Outdoor Sculptures

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Datelate 17th - early 18th century

Mediumlimestone

Dimensions78 × 25 1/2 × 19 in. (198.1 × 64.8 × 48.3 cm.) base: 18 × 27 × 27 in. (45.7 × 68.6 × 68.6 cm.) overall: 96 × 27 × 27 in. (243.8 × 68.6 × 68.6 cm.)

DescriptionThis statue portrays a youth playing a mandolin. It can be interpreted as a personification of the sanguine temperament, one of the four human temperaments known since antiquity.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

On view

Object number20.31

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