A Female Allegorical Figure
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1740–50 · Oil on canvas, gold ground · European Paintings
Against a reflective gold-leaf ground, Tiepolo depicts an unknown allegorical figure in a monochrome palette that mimics plaster or stone. This painting, above, was originally part of a complex decorative scheme, possibly the Sala degli Specchi (Room of Mirrors) in the Palazzo Cornaro, Venice, and comes from a series of four works representing female allegorical figures, two of which are in The Met and two in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
- Date
- 1740–50
- Medium
- Oil on canvas, gold ground
- Department
- European Paintings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Lore Heinemann, in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann, 1996
