Allegorical Figure of Peace
Maker
Agostino Testa
(Italian, 1662 - 1735)
Additional Title(s)
- Peace
Collections
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Datelate 17th - early 18th century
Mediumlimestone
Dimensions77 × 30 × 21 in. (195.6 × 76.2 × 53.3 cm.)
base: 18 1/2 × 26 1/2 × 27 in. (47 × 67.3 × 68.6 cm.)
overall: 95 1/2 × 30 × 27 in. (242.6 × 76.2 × 68.6 cm.)
DescriptionThis statue portrays a woman wearing a plumed helmet and holding a reversed torch in her left hand. It can be interpreted as a personification of Peace.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
On viewObject number20.33
