Allegory of Innocence and Guile
Oil On Canvas- WallArt
- Renaissance
Renaissance
70.0 x 92.0 cm
The Bowes Museum
maerten van heemskerck (1498 – 1574)
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The Bowes Museum (Barnard Castle, United Kingdom)
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About this artwork
- Title: Allegory of Innocence and Guile
- Artist: maerten van heemskerck
- Original dimensions: 70.0 x 92.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: The Bowes Museum
- Movement: Renaissance
- Medium: Oil On Canvas
- Period: Renaissance
- Creative period: Mature Renaissance
Quick Facts
- Title: Allegory of Innocence and Guile
- Subject or theme: Virtue vs. temptation
- Artistic style: Renaissance portraiture
- Notable elements or techniques: Chiaroscuro, symbolic dove and snake
- Artist: Maerten van Heemskerck
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