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Description: | The figure of a young girl wearing her hair down and holding a peacock is an allegory of Vanity. The peacock, an animal that glories in exhibiting its beauty, is itself a personification of this vice. Francesco Trevisani, to whom this picture is traditionally attributed, was well known as a painter of single figures (Mary Magdalene, Cleopatra, Dido) not lacking an element of eroticism. | Subjects: | figure; allegory (vanity) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Trevisani, Francesco (Italian painter, 1656-1746) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8810... | Go to resource |
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