Allegory of Learning: A Female Figure with a Tree of Knowledge
John Hungerford Pollen (London 1820 - London 1902)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1840 - 1902
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
1920 x 420 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 356780
Summary
Tempera painting over pencil on canvas, Allegory of Learning: A Female Figure with a Tree of Knowledge by John Hungerford Pollen (London 1820 - London 1902), mid-late 19th century. Inscribed on scrolls: THEOLOGIA, PHILOSOPHIA, MUSICA, ASTRONIMICA, GEOMETRICA, ARITHMETICA, RHETORICA, GRAMMATICA and DIALECTIO - [Music, Astronomy, Geometry, Arithmetic, Rhetoric, Grammar and Logic: the Seven Liberal Arts presided over by Philosophy and Theology].
Makers and roles
John Hungerford Pollen (London 1820 - London 1902), artist