Hope

Hope
(Speranza)
 (18th century)

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
black chalk with white heightening on brown paper
Measurements
10.4 × 7.1 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Inscription
inscribed in black chalk u.l.: (...illeg.)PERAN(...illeg.)
Accession Number
358B-4
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1936
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
allegory (artistic device) full-length figures Hope (allegorical character) suns (stars) women (female humans)

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