Property of a Princely Family: A Roman Interior (lots 168-201)
Circle of Giovanni Battista Paggi
An Allegory of Patience
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November 12, 04:00 PM GMT
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Property of a Princely Family
Circle of Giovanni Battista Paggi
An Allegory of Patience
indistinctly inscribed to the clepsydra
oil on canvas
unframed: 127 x 97 cm.; 50 x 38¼ in.
framed: 149 x 123.5 cm.; 58⅝ x 48⅝ in.
Roberto Valeriani, La Casa di Sandra Caracciolo, Roma, 2012, p.75.
The chained women sat next to a clepsydra suggests this is an Allegory of Patience; water drips from the clepsydra onto the chain which will slowly erode suggesting to the passing of time. The inclusion of the lamb perhaps refers to the humility of patience.
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