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Fortuna

Fortuna

Maker
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Date17th-19th Century
Mediumbronze
Dimensions8 in. (20.3 cm.)
DescriptionFull-length female figure of slender proportions, slightly draped, with eyes blindfolded and flowing hair. She is poised with the right foot on a globe, the left raised in the air; her left arm uplifted, her head thrown back and turned slightly to the left, her right arm hangs by her side. An extinguished torch, held in the open hand, rests upon her arm.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number17.10
Woman Bathing, Touching her Foot
Woman Bathing, Touching her Foot
Barthélemy Prieur
ca. 1600
Object number: 17.17
Margaret Beckford, later Margaret Orde, and Susan Euphemia Beckford, later Duchess of Hamilton: The Beckford children
Margaret Beckford, later Margaret Orde, and Susan Euphemia Beckford, later Duchess of Hamilton: The Beckford children
George Romney
ca.1789-91
Object number: 20.9
Faun with Flute
Faun with Flute
Unknown, Italian
n.d.
Object number: 17.6
Mary (Palmer), Lady Beauchamp-Proctor
Mary (Palmer), Lady Beauchamp-Proctor
George Romney
ca. 1782-1788 ?
Object number: 26.86
Illustration 11 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Michael Foretells the Crucifixion
Illustration 11 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Michael Foretells the Crucifixion
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.12
Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Woman
Unknown, Italian
n.d.
Object number: 14.62
Youth Drawing Thorn from his Foot
Youth Drawing Thorn from his Foot
Unknown, Italian
19th Century
Object number: 14.9
Hermes
Hermes
Unknown, Italian
late 17th-early 18th century
Object number: 27.173
Venus de'Medici
Venus de'Medici
Unknown, Italian
late 17th-early 18th century
Object number: 27.172
Venus with the Apple
Venus with the Apple
Unknown
19th Century
Object number: 17.5
Juno
Juno
Agostino Testa
late 17th Century
Object number: 20.44
Unidentified Figure
Unidentified Figure
Unknown, Italian
n.d.
Object number: 22.8