Fortuna auf einer Kugel schwebend und drei Putten

Title

Fortuna auf einer Kugel schwebend und drei Putten

Draughtsman

• Girolamo Muziano ?

Period Produced

• 16th century
• 18th century
• 17th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• paper

Technique

• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Roman

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later

Unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356); verso bezeichnet auf dem Montierungsbogen unten mittig mit der zugehörigen Inventarnummer (mit Bleistift)

Watermark

• Nicht feststellbar

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1908

Genre

• allegory
• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Fortuna

Primary

• 96A5(FORTUNA) Fortuna as Roman personification
• 49D48 sphere, globe ~ stereometry
• 54F12 Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Fortuna aurea', 'Fortuna buona', 'Fortuna pacifica overo clemente', 'Sorte' (Ripa)
• 31AA140(+4) allegorical representation of human figure of ideal proportions - AA - female human figure of ideal proportions; 'Bellezza feminile' (Ripa) (+ three-quarter view)
• 46B311 coin
• 31AA262321(+4) standing on one leg, the other leg forward, bent and drawn up - AA - female human figure (+ three-quarter view)
• 55C2 Giving
• 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Alternative Attribution

• Italian, 18th century draughtsman; by note on mount
• after Antonio Balestra inventor; by note on mount
• Girolamo Muziano draughtsman; declined, by note on mount