Allegory of Reason (Mathematics and Geometry)
attributed to Charles Lucy (London 1692 - ?Rome after 1768)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1760
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1016 x 762 mm (40 x 30 in)
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 533915
Caption
Charles Lucy was a pupil of Cignani (1628-1719), a Bolognese, Baroque artist and a cousin of the Lucy family of Charlecote. He worked mostly in Rome. He undertook to make various copies and pastiches of Old Masters for George Lucy (1714-86), who had visited Rome whilst on his Grand Tour. It appears that George Lucy was also paying him an annual grant.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Allegory of Reason (Mathematics and Geometry), attributed to Charles Lucy (fl. Rome 1758), in the manner Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Lucca 1708 – Rome 1787), 1760. Two ladies and putti character amongst classical ruins filled with books, scrolls and mathematical instruments. One lady standing in a white and gold dress, draped in blue. She is holding a large open book in her right arm and is pointing to the pages with her left hand. She looks towards the other character whom is seated on the bottom right. She is also dressed in white and gold but has a pink sash draped over one shoulder. The putti/cherub is looking towards to the seated lady with one leg outstretched behind him. He holds a measuring device. In a contemporary carved giltwood Maratta frame. Companion piece to Allegory of Painting (NT 533914).
Provenance
On loan from Sir Edmund Fairfax-Lucy, 6th Bt (b. 1945)
Makers and roles
attributed to Charles Lucy (London 1692 - ?Rome after 1768), publisher manner of Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Lucca 1708 – Rome 1787), publisher circle of Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807), publisher