Coronation with allegorical figures

Blanchard, Jacques (1600-1638) (attributed to)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

17th century

Height:

12.0 cm  (4 3/4 in.)

Width:

23.2 cm  (9 1/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

graphite and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on decorated paper, framing lines in brown ink

Description

Description from museum website:
The foreground is dominated by seated women and cavorting putti, presumably representing various arts and virtues. At the extreme left, a woman with bare breasts (possibly Charity) holds a child on her lap, while next to her another figure (possibly Fidelity) restrains a dog. A pair of putti, one holding a slate (possibly Poetry), are just to the left of center, while beyond them two others hold a lute (possibly Music). Closing the frieze at the right is a seated woman with a sheet of paper and compasses at ther side (possibly Architecture). In the background, a man beneath a baldacchino crowns a kneeling figure. Four figures attend them on the dais, while a man and two conversing women observe the scene from the right.

Iconclass

48C70
'Musica', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ music; 'Musica'(Ripa)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5847