Allegories of Mercy and Truth

Datec. 1780

Artist Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741 - 1807)

CultureSwiss

MediumOil on zinc

DimensionsImage: 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (29.2 x 21.6 cm)
Framed: 18 x 15 1/4 in. (45.7 x 38.7 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson, by exchange

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On view

Period18th c

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Painting

ProvenanceCollection of Hon. Robert William Morgan-Grenville;
By descendant to his son, Robert Plantagenet Morgan-Grenville;
By descendant within the family;
Christie's, Paris, Old Masters, Paintings - Sculptures, Sale 20692, June 15, 2023, lot 50;
Purchased by Robilant + Voena
DescriptionTruth, a book in hand and wearing a robe decorated with the sun, raises her gaze to the sky as the rays of the sun beam towards her. At her feet is a length of chain. Her left arm drapes over the shoulder of Mercy seated beside her, who holds an olive branch and casts her eyes downward towards the fruit at her feet. Both are dressed in a Neoclassical style and sit in a landscape with cloudy sky and trees behind them.

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