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Allegorical Figure of Peace

Allegorical Figure of Peace

Maker Agostino Testa (Italian, 1662 - 1735)

Additional Title(s)

Peace

Collections

Outdoor Sculptures

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Datelate 17th - early 18th century

Mediumlimestone

Dimensions77 × 30 × 21 in. (195.6 × 76.2 × 53.3 cm.) base: 18 1/2 × 26 1/2 × 27 in. (47 × 67.3 × 68.6 cm.) overall: 95 1/2 × 30 × 27 in. (242.6 × 76.2 × 68.6 cm.)

DescriptionThis standing full-length statue of a woman wearing a plumed helmet and holding a reversed torch in her left hand can be interpreted as a personification of peace.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

On view

Object number20.33

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