Sculpture

A Virtue

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: late 17th - early 18th century
Accession number: 20.46
Maker: Agostino Testa(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1662–1735)
Attributeds: previously attributed to Francesco Marinali(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1609–1660); previously attributed to Unknown, Italian(Opens in new tab) (Italian)
Dimensions: 79 1/2 × 29 × 22 in. (201.9 × 73.7 × 55.9 cm.) base: 17 × 27 × 27 in. (43.2 × 68.6 × 68.6 cm.) overall: 96 1/2 × 29 × 27 in. (245.1 × 73.7 × 68.6 cm.)
Medium: limestone
Description: This statue portrays a personification of a virtue as a woman in armor. On her shield is a Medusa's head.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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