Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Saturn / Single figure / Head not veiled, without wings, with scythe or sickle

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Arts / Artes Liberales / Quadrivium / Astronomia
Arts / Artes Liberales / Quadrivium / Musica
Arts / Artes Mechanicae / Architecture (Architectura)
Arts / Artes Mechanicae / Painting (Pictura)
Arts / Artes Mechanicae / Sculpture (Sculptura)

Further details

parts of the 'Clock of the Four Great Monarchies' - for unknown reasons the two photographs in the possession of the Warburg Institute show the same group of arts together with differerent deities in the background

Artist or creator

Rysbrack, Michael (1684-1770)

Date

1740 - 1743

Location

London, Kensington Palace

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Rights and Permissions

For a larger reproduction and/or permission to reproduce please contact the Courtauld Institute of Art. A larger reproduction can also be consulted in the Warburg Institute Photographic Collection

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

For comments or queries, please contact photographic.collect@sas.ac.uk
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