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Time Vanquished by Love, Hope and Fame

Artist: Simon Vouet (French, 1590-1649)

Date: 1640-1645

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Rmn-Grand Palais, Paris, France

Triumph of the Marine Venus

Artist: Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, 1659 - 1734)

Date: ca. 1713

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Description

Born from the sea, the mythological goddess Venus sits upon a throne pulled by muscular men and surrounded by her entourage. Her son Cupid flies nearby and grasps a handful of coral from a plate held by an attendant. Perched above Venus, a woman holds a string of pearls, a typical adornment of the goddess. The pearls fall through her hair and down along her shoulder.

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Allegory of Painting

Artist: Attributed to Charles Lucy (English, 1692 - after 1768)

Date: 1760

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Trust Collections, London, United Kingdom

Summary

Three figures in an artist studio. A young male figure is standing, wearing a white and red smock draped in green. He is looking towards a seated young female figure and has his right arm around her shoulders. She is wearing a white and gold dress and is draped in blue. Her hair is tied up in a braid with stones. She is looking towards the male. In her left hand she is holding a paint pallet and she has a paint brush in her right hand. A putti or cherub is seated at her feet reclining on stone sculptures (a bust and a stone foot). He is holding a paintbrush and a tablet. The young man has a paintbrush in his left hand as if working on the painting of a young lady that sits on an easel to his left side. In the background is an elaborate stone carving.