Falsehood

Maker Agostino Testa (Italian, 1662 - 1735)

Additional Title(s)

Ceres

Collections

Outdoor Sculptures

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Datelate 17th Century

Mediumlimestone

Dimensions76 × 25 × 23 in. (193 × 63.5 × 58.4 cm.) base: 20 × 27 × 27 in. (50.8 × 68.6 × 68.6 cm.) overall: 96 × 27 × 27 in. (243.8 × 68.6 × 68.6 cm.)

DescriptionThis statue of a young woman resting her left leg on a support is a personification of Falsehood.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

On view

Object number20.40

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