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[“A”] Fortune
| Catalogue ID | 1.77 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Master of the Roman Songbook (1650-1660); Domenico Jacovacci (1604-1661); Lieven Cruyl (1634-1720) (Formerly attributed to) |
| Object type | drawing · initial: Historiated initial |
| Date | ca. 1650 |
| Place | Rome |
| Collection | Unknown present location |
| Tech. / support | graphite, ink, paper, pen |
| Measures | 80 × 80 mm |
| Subject | 25H23 — sea (seascape) 46C24 — sailing-ship, sailing-boat 54F12 — Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Fortuna aurea', 'Fortuna buona', 'Fortuna pacifica overo clemente', 'Sorte' (Ripa) 54F121 — Turn of Fate, Wheel of Fortune |
Seascape with Fortune standing on a wheel. High rocky mountains in the background. Sailing ships on the water. Cloudy sky. The standing naked body of the goddess, together with the sailing she is holding, takes the shape of a P. The initial gilded capital A is added afterwards.
No musical work linked.
Bianco, Anna. Images for the Music: Drawings and secular cantatas. Ph.D. dissertation, Leiden University, 2025
Bianco, Anna. “The Master of the Roman Songbook.” Going South: Artistic Exchange between the Netherlands and Italy in the 17th Century, vol. IX, RKD & NIKI, 2023. (nr. 42)
Unknown present location current
