An Allegory of Immortality
Datec. 1540
Object PlaceItaly, Southern Europe, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions27 1/2 × 27 1/2 inches (69.9 × 69.9 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund
Object number66.41
DescriptionThe painting is divided into three separate levels depicting various scenes. A figure in a boat on dark, storm-tossed waters is in the lower level. Mountainous shores with the figure of a gigantic polyphemus vomiting at left and a harpy on a globe at center are depicted in the middle level. The upper level consists of clouds with a reclining nude youth looking downward at left, a phoenix at center and Apollo's chariot at right.On View
On viewLocations
- (not entered) Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Wing A, Staff Offices
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
Camuccini, Rome;
Duke of Northumberland
17th Century
c. 1678
18th Century
c. 1730
1540/1545
1641