Tag: Constancy

The Allegory of Constancy (c.1685)

Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) The Allegory of Constancy c.1685 Oil on canvas, 126 x 123 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest The painter and significant art theorist was greatly influenced by the French neoclassicists, which later earned him the nickname of…

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria della Fortezza (Allegory of Fortitude) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 95 x 99.2 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 – ten of which are in the National Gallery’s…