Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Allegorical portrait of Girolama Santacroce Conti as Vanitas
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Allegorical portrait of Girolama Santacroce Conti as Vanitas
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Alternate Title:
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Ritratto allegorico di Gerolama Santacroce Conti
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Image View:
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Detail of the figure in dressing gown at her toilet
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Creator:
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Pompeo Batoni (Italian painter, 1708-1787)
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Location:
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repository: Museo di Roma (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Braschi; Piazza di S. Pantaleo, 10
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GPS:
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+41.8973+12.4729
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Date:
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1760 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Eighteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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49 cm (height) x 120 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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allegory; portrait
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Description:
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The sitter has been identified as Duchess Gerolama Santacroce, wife of Michelangelo Conti, Duke of Poli. The picture was probably painted shortly after their wedding. The duchess is shown in a dressing gown at her toilet, but items have been included to allude to the Flemish theme of Vanitas. The mirror, pearls and extinguished candle point to the transience of beauty, youth and wealth. (Source: Museo di Roma (Palazzo Braschi) [website]; http://en.museodiroma.it/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-BATO-MOR-RA-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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