Allegory of Virtue
Maker
Agostino Testa
(Italian, 1662 - 1735)
Additional Title(s)
- A Virtue
- A Victory
Collections
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Datelate 17th - early 18th century
Mediumlimestone
Dimensions77 × 27 1/2 × 19 in. (195.6 × 69.9 × 48.3 cm.)
base: 18 × 27 × 27 in. (45.7 × 68.6 × 68.6 cm.)
overall: 95 × 27 1/2 × 27 in. (241.3 × 69.9 × 68.6 cm.)
DescriptionThis statue can be read as a personification of Virtue. Wearing a laurel leaves crown on her head and with a rayed sun at her breast, the woman holds a scepter and a round wreath of laurel leaves in her hands.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
On viewObject number20.36
