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Scanned from a slide by Jimmy Brown.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Peace
Scanned from a slide by Jimmy Brown.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Scanned from a slide by Jimmy Brown. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Peace

Artist Alessandro Vittoria (Italian, 1525-1608)
CultureItalian
Date1525-1608
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 21 in. (53.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number77.1277B
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a small bronze statue of Peace. Peace is personified as a woman. She is on a small wooden triangular base. She wears a long flowing dress with a modest neckline and her sleeves rolled up. In her right arm is a cornucopia, her left a long handled upside down torch. Her weight is supported by her left leg, her body slightly twisted and the right foot balancing on a helmet.

Label TextAfter Alessandro Vittoria Italian, 1525–1608 here and far right War and Peace, 1500s Bronze Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 77.1277a–b
Scanned from a slide by Jimmy Brown.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
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