Allegory of Reason (Mathematics and Geometry)
Artist: Attributed to Charles Lucy (English, 1692 - after 1768)
Date: 1760
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: National Trust Collections, United Kingdom
Description
Oil painting on canvas, Allegory of Reason (Mathematics and Geometry), attributed to Charles Lucy (fl. Rome 1758), in the manner Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Lucca 1708 – Rome 1787), 1760.
Two ladies and putti character amongst classical ruins filled with books, scrolls and mathematical instruments. One lady standing in a white and gold dress, draped in blue. She is holding a large open book in her right arm and is pointing to the pages with her left hand. She looks towards the other character whom is seated on the bottom right. She is also dressed in white and gold but has a pink sash draped over one shoulder. The putti/cherub is looking towards to the seated lady with one leg outstretched behind him. He holds a measuring device.
