{"product_id":"allegory-of-love","title":"Allegory of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003e  Italian 16th Century Artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Dimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e  36\" x 32 1\/4\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e  National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Artwork:\u003c\/strong\u003e  (1520\/1540) \"In contrast to the man with whom she shares this outdoor scene, the female figure is incongruously naked. Her features seem generalized. Rather than a specific person, she may have been intended to represent an idealized, anonymous lover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis painting has significant compositional similarities to a Titian painting in the Louvre called \u003ci\u003eWoman with a Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e (c. 1515). \u003ci\u003eAllegory of Love\u003c\/i\u003e may have been begun by an artist from Titian’s workshop after the master’s completion of \u003ci\u003eWoman with a Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e. Examination of the paint layers under the surface shows that the original composition included some details present in the Louvre painting—for example, the man’s left arm was placed higher, presumably to hold a circular mirror above the woman’s left shoulder, and his right hand held the rectangular mirror from the side rather than from below. Such changes suggest that the painter had access to Titian’s designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe man’s costume provides clues about the period in which the artist produced this work. The doublet, with its short, pleated skirt, resembles a fashion dating from at least a decade after the Louvre picture; the pleated collar and cuffs of the shirt and the cut of the hair and beard also did not become fashionable until the mid-1520s. Probably, therefore, the painter adapted Titian’s design, perhaps in the form of an underdrawing begun circa 1515–1520, and completed it at some date in the 1530s.\" - (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/artworks\/400-allegory-love\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"National Gallery of Art Washington DC - Allegory of Love\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eNational Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Italian 16th Century Artist","offers":[{"title":"No Size Selected (Select a Size)","offer_id":49305256067315,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Replica Size (36\" x 32 1\/4\")","offer_id":49305256100083,"sku":null,"price":1915.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signature Size (18 7\/8\" x 16 7\/8\")","offer_id":49305256132851,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Classic Size (23 1\/8\" x 20 3\/4\")","offer_id":49305256165619,"sku":null,"price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gallery Size (28 3\/8\" x 25 3\/8\")","offer_id":49305256198387,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Statement Size (36 5\/8\" x 32 3\/4\")","offer_id":49305256231155,"sku":null,"price":1995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grand Size (43 7\/8\" x 39 3\/8\")","offer_id":49305256263923,"sku":null,"price":2795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Estate Size (51 3\/4\" x 46 3\/8\")","offer_id":49305256296691,"sku":null,"price":3695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Size (62 1\/8\" x 55 5\/8\")","offer_id":49305256329459,"sku":null,"price":4995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/5738\/6483\/files\/Italian16thCenturyArtist-allegory_of_love-product.jpg?v=1782585738","url":"https:\/\/commissionedpaintings.com\/products\/allegory-of-love","provider":"Commissioned Paintings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}