Allegory of Hope
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (Rome 1654 – Rome 1727)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1674 - 1727
Materials
Oil on canvas laid down on board
Measurements
432 x 533 mm (17 x 21 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732343
Summary
Oil painting on canvas laid down on board, Allegory of Hope by Guiseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (Rome 1654 – Rome 1727). A female figure is half kneeling on the ground looking heavenwards towards the right with her hands parted. She wears a green dress with a golden robe. She is accompanied by putti, one who stands behind her on the left coming out from a red curtain and another two, on the right, who hold a large anchor, the symbol of Hope.
Provenance
Acquired by Richard Colt Hoare 2nd Bt (1758 – 1838) and thence by descent. Given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Inscribed in red chalk on back of frame and stretcher: 37
Makers and roles
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (Rome 1654 – Rome 1727) previously catalogued as attributed to Italian School, publisher