The glorification of the Barbaro family

Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (1696-1770)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1750

Height:

243.8 cm  (96 in.)

Width:

466.7 cm  (183 3/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

Winged female figure (possibly Fama) blowing straight trumpet and holding an olive branch in the left hand; Francesco Barbaro (1390-1454) seated holding the baton of a condottiere in his right hand and resting his left hand on the Brescia lion (both symbolizing his importance as defender of Brescia against Milan); at his right is Virtue, with crown of laurel; behind the lion Fortune with a cornucopia; on the right side a winged putto holding Barbaro's helmet and armor; at the left two women, one of them with two faces and a serpent twined around her arm probably representing Prudence, the other possibly representing Wisdom (who is a frequent companion of Prudence).

People as subjects

Barbaro, Francesco (1390-1454)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown trumpet [6556]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3725