Inigo Jones, 1573–1652, British, Design for a Temporary Arch Ornamented with Putti and Allegorical Figures of Music and War, ca. 1622
- Title:
- Design for a Temporary Arch Ornamented with Putti and Allegorical Figures of Music and War
- Additional Title(s):
- Verso: Two Figure Studies
- Date:
- ca. 1622
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink and brown wash; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (24.1 x 17.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: Arms & Baden Hockberg (Churchill 267a)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.591
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- allegories | arch | architectural subject | guitar | masques | monarchy | music | nude | peace | plenty | poetry | putti | war | wisdom | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Inigo Jones had been designing scenery and costumes for masques at the Stuart court since 1605. This design for an arch has been related to the Masque of Augurs (1622), produced by Jones with the playwright Ben Jonson and the very first masque to be performed in the new Banqueting House at Whitehall Palace, itself designed by Jones. Here the allegorical figures are probably intended for Wisdom (right) and Poetry (left). Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2011
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Matthew Hargraves, Matthew Hargraves on Peter Paul Rubens's Peace Embracing Plenty, , January 20, 2012, 3 minutes, 53 seconds, http://www.youtube.com/v/dKoHvse6Ud0 [Website]
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