An Allegory
Domenico Guidobono · Italian
Date: 1710–20
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 56 3/4 x 92 1/4 in. (144.1 x 234.3 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Themes: Allegory, Birds, Books, Cats, Dogs, Girls, Skulls, Women
Purchase, R. A. Farnsworth Gift, Gwynne Andrews, Charles B. Curtis, Rogers, Marquand, The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment, and Victor Wilbour Memorial Funds, 1970
Date range
1710 – 1720
Largest dimension
234.3 cm
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