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Liberality

by British School

Date: c.1593-1618.

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Item details

  • Acquisition

    Alleyn Bequest, 1626

  • Accession number

    DPG547

  • Artist

    British School

  • Date

    c.1593-1618.

  • Dimensions

    152.3 x 61 cm

  • Inscription

    Inscribed top: 'LIBERALITAS'

  • Materials

    Oil on oak panel

With DPG546, set into a Jacobean-style chimney piece in the Master's Library at Dulwich College. DPG546 and DPG547 are presumably survivals from the decoration of the old college. There is no evidence as to their origin, but it has been suggested that they may have been taken from 'ye queens owld barge', which Alleyn acquired in 1618. The figure of Liberality ultimately derives from 'Liberalita' in Cesare Ripa's "Iconologia" (1593).

Liberality

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