Allegory of Flattery
Maker
Agostino Testa
(Italian, 1662 - 1735)
Additional Title(s)
- Piping nymph
Collections
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Datelate 17th - early 18th century
Mediumlimestone
Dimensions78 × 28 1/2 × 20 in. (198.1 × 72.4 × 50.8 cm.)
base: 18 1/2 × 27 × 27 in. (47 × 68.6 × 68.6 cm.)
overall: 96 1/2 × 28 1/2 × 27 in. (245.1 × 72.4 × 68.6 cm.)
DescriptionThis statue of a young woman playing the flute is a personification of Flattery. She joyfully plays her flute while the stag/faun appears to smile up at her from behind her legs.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Label TextThis standing full-length statue of a woman playing a flute, or a shepherd’s pipe, with a buck that lost its horns crouched at her feet, can be interpreted as a personification of flattery.Status
On viewObject number20.32
