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Allegory
(c. 1675)
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 230.5 × 231.0 cm
- Accession Number
- E1-1988
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the Government of Victoria, 1988
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Many subjects have been suggested for this fascinating and enigmatic painting, among them ‘The Senses Reveal True Love’, ‘Pan and Syrinx’ or ‘Satyr and Nymph’, and ‘Beauty and Love Taming Wild Passion’. However, the subject appears to be allegorical rather than mythological, with the notion of ‘deceit’ being emphasised by the mask.
- Subjects (general)
- Allegory and Symbols Human Figures Religion and Mythology
- Subjects (specific)
- deceit masks (costume) mirrors Pan (Greek deity) putti (children) satyrs swan (genus) women (female humans)
- Provenance
- Ubaldo Giugni (dealer), Florence, by 1951 unknown private collection, Italy, after 1951 with Matthiesen Gallery (dealer), London, by 1986 exhibited Baroque III 1620–1700, Matthiesen Gallery, London, 1986, no. 29 as Venus Mocking Pan acquired from Matthiesen Gallery through the Art Foundation of Victoria, with the assistance of the Government of Victoria, 1988.