Sculpture

Fortuna

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: 17th-19th Century
Accession number: 17.10
Makers: previously attributed to Domenico Poggini(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1520–1590); Unknown, Italian(Opens in new tab) (Italian)
Dimensions: 8 in. (20.3 cm.) 8 × 5 × 4 1/4 in. (20.3 × 12.7 × 10.8 cm.)
Medium: bronze
Description: Full-length female figure of slender proportions, slightly draped, with eyes blindfolded and flowing hair. She is poised with the right foot on a globe, the left raised in the air; her left arm uplifted, her head thrown back and turned slightly to the left, her right arm hangs by her side. An extinguished torch, held in the open hand, rests upon her arm.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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