Allegorical Figure Representing Metaphysics
The Met
Artist: Girolamo Mengozzi (called Colonna)|Giovanni Battista Tiepolo(Italian, Venetian, 1688–ca. 1766)
Date: 1760
Department: European Paintings
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Fresco, transferred to canvas
Dimensions: 146 x 57 7/8 in. (370.8 x 147 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Grace Rainey Rogers, 1943
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A classical-style female figure, partially draped, stands on a pedestal within an architectural setting with a column and a relief
Detailed Description
A tall, vertical artwork depicts a classical-style female figure in an architectural setting, rendered in a muted palette of browns, grays, and dark greenish-gray. The central figure is a standing woman, depicted in a light, almost white tone, suggesting a marble statue. She faces slightly right, with her head turned to look upwards and right. Her left arm is raised, holding a flowing drapery that covers her lower body and wraps around her back and right arm. Her right breast is exposed, and she wears a necklace and a bracelet on her left arm. Her hair is pulled back. Her left leg is slightly bent, and her feet are visible, resting on a small, dark, rounded object, possibly an urn or vase, which sits atop a tall, rectangular pedestal. The pedestal has a light-colored base and top, with a central section resembling mottled or veined marble in reddish-brown and gray tones. To the left of the figure, a large fluted column with an Ionic capital extends from the bottom to near the top of the frame, rendered in shades of brown and gray. Behind the figure and to the right, the background is a dark, solid greenish-gray. Above this dark area, a rectangular panel is set into the wall, depicting a relief sculpture. This relief shows several standing figures in classical attire, rendered in a light brown against a slightly darker brown background. The entire composition is framed by a simple, light-colored border.
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