A personification of Fame

Strozzi, Bernardo (1581-1644)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1635-1636
Height:
106.7 cm  (42 in.)
Width:
151.7 cm  (59 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
Place of creation:
Venezia (Italia)

Additional titles

Allegoria della Fama
Allegory of Fame

    Item location

  • National Gallery (London)
    [Museum inv. no.: NG6321]

Description

An angel holding a straight trumpet in one hand and a shawm in the other hand.

Iconclass

59B32
Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446]
Shawm [4258]

RIdIM images


Photo © The National Gallery, London

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Anzil, Marina, ed. The National Gallery of London and its paintings (New York: Arco, 1974) 34-35.

Levey, Michael. National Gallery catalogues: The seventeenth and eighteenth century Italian Schools (London: The National Gallery, 1971) 211-212.

Mortari, Luisa. Bernardo Strozzi (Rome: DeLuca Editore, 1966) 142, fig. 419.

RIdIM record id

2364