Description
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, 1654 Rom – 1727 ebenda, zugeschrieben
GENIUS OF THE ARTS Oil on canvas. Doubled. 93 x 68 cm. In gilded frame with relief decoration. Personification of the allegory in the form of a winged boy with a wreath of leaves and a blue loincloth. He sits on a pedestal, surrounded by a still-life arrangement of a violin, sheet music, a palette with a paintbrush, books, a compass and protractor in front of him, and a theater mask on which he has placed his foot. Next to it is a cornucopia with medals and coins. In his hand he holds a laurel wreath, symbolizing the glory of the arts, in the background a pyramid in the style of the tomb of Cestius in Rome. (1400771) (13) Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, 1654 Rome - 1727 ibid, attributed GENIUS OF THE ARTS Oil on canvas. Relined. 93 x 68 cm.
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Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, 1654 Rom – 1727 ebenda, zugeschrieben
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