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Nobility Holding a Statue of Athena
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Italian (Venetian), 1675–1741)
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
127.6 x 100.0 cm (50 1/4 x 39 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Gair Macomber
Accession Number36.892
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Internationally popular as a history painter, Venice-born Pellegrini traversed Europe fulfilling commissions—working in England, France, Germany, Austria, the Dutch Republic, and the Southern Netherlands. In this work, he depicts a female personification of Nobility holding a statue of Athena, Greek goddess associated with wisdom and the arts.
Provenance1936, Frank Gair Macomber (b. 1849 - d. 1941), Boston; 1936, gift of Frank Gair Macomber to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 15, 1936)