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Description: | An allegorical scene depicting Virtue. Three naked female figures are atop a pedestal beneath an arched alcove. The left hand figure wears a small crown and carries an elaborate urn in one hand, discarding money, a sword and a book from the other, all of which are falling down upon a group of courtiers and soldiers in the bottom left corner. The right hand figure wears a laurel wreath and carries a flaming torch object in one hand, gazing down onto an elderly king being kissed by a young queen in the bottom right corner. The central figure wears a plumed helmet and stands with arms outstretched, entwined with the other women's arms, presiding over the scene. A semi-naked male figure stands at the base of the pedestal to the left, peering at figures of Virtue.
Technique: oil on panel
medium: oil paint on panel
Allegory of Virtue by Albert Freyse, 1640 = 1649, (1953.113). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.5903 | Go to resource |
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