Allegorical Figure Holding a Sphere
Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582)
mid 1560s
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
24 × 13.4 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Dudley P. Allen Fund
Accession Number
1972.149
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520/21-1582) Allegorical Figure Holding a Sphere (after Giulio Romano?), mid-1560s Engraving Dudley P. Allen Fund 1972.149 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.