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A young woman, dressed in a dazzling yellow skirt and red bodice, semi-reclines in a dark landscape setting, of which only some rocks and plants in the foreground are visible. Her wings and the trumpets she holds identify her as the allegorical figure of Fame. Normally Fame is shown with a single trumpet or two trumpets of different lengths, intended to symbolise good and bad fame, but here she holds a golden trumpet in one hand and a wooden instrument -- a shawm (a forerunner of the oboe) -- in the other.The painting is a relatively late work by the Genoese painter Strozzi, who spent the last few years of his life in Venice. The bright colourful palette and virtuoso brushwork evident on the skirt and white shirt are typical of his technique.
Title
A Personification of Fame
Date
probably 1635-6
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 106.7 x W 151.7 cm
Accession number
NG6321
Acquisition method
Bought, 1961
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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