Rosalba Giovanna Carriera
(1675-1757)
The Fate Clotho,
um 1730/40
Material / Technology / Carrier
Pastell
Dimensions of the object
34,4 x 29 cm
Displayed
AP OG Saal XIIa
Acquisition
1976 aus dem Kunsthandel erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Rosalba Giovanna Carriera, Die Parze Klotho, um 1730/40, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/ZMLJA92xJv (Last updated on 14.03.2024)
The thread in her hand identifies this youthful beauty as the goddess of fate spinning the thread of human life. This picture was originally part of the large collection of pastels owned by the Electors of Saxony that included more than a hundred works by this Venetian portrait painter who was renowned throughout Europe.
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