Anonymous, Italian School
19th cent.
Virtue Punishing Vice
Bronze with base of painted wood.
bronze: 9 7/8 x 8 1/8 x 3 3/4 inches (250 x 205 x 95 mm); base: 1 3/4 x 9 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches (45 x 250 x 133 mm)
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Provenance
Said to be a gift from the Vatican collection to the physician Charles Thomas Hayden (1786-1824); by descent to Sir Francis Seymour Hayden (1818-1910), London; Robert Langton Douglas (1864-1951); from whom acquired by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1911.
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Written in ink on a paper label affixed to the bottom of the base, "Bronze group by Benvento Celini 'Virtue Triumphing over Vice'.
Summary
Woman (Virtue) stepping on male winged figure with a tail (Vice).
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