"Allegorical Figure Holding a Sphere", Giorgio Ghisi, possibly after Giulio Romano, mid 1560s

Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520-1582)

Engraving, 24 x 13.4 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1972.

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Scholars disagree about the identity of this allegorical personification.

She has been variously described as Victory, Fortune, Temperance, and the Primum Mobile (Prime Mover), believed to be a force that generated celestial motion.

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Source and download: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1972.149

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