Sujet
Allegory of Fortune, about 1658-1659. Creator: Salvator Rosa.
Légende
Allegory of Fortune, about 1658-1659. Additional Info: A personification of Fortune bestows symbols of wealth, status, and power on dumb animals who neither need nor deserve them. Fortune is usually represented with a blindfold, but Salvator Rosa showed her fully aware of her favors. Similarly, the cornucopia is usually shown facing upward; by depicting it overturned, Rosa expressed reckless extravagance.The beasts, portrayed with stark realism, trample the attributes of art and learning, including books and a palette. Draped in the cardinal red of the Catholic Church, an ass shields an owl, the symbol for wisdom, from the light.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM24A63_386
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
46,2Mo (2,7Mo) / 27,6cm x 42,0cm / 3256 x 4960 (300dpi)