Allegory of Sight

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Allegory of Sight is a richly detailed early 17th-century allegorical painting that personifies the sense of sight amid an opulent display of art, science, and luxury objects.

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Label Occurrences
Allegory of Sight canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf allegorical painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
collection Museo del Prado collection ⓘ
linked to: Prado Museum
commissionedBy Archduke Albert VII of Austria ⓘ
Isabella Clara Eugenia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Flanders ⓘ
creator Jan Brueghel the Elder ⓘ
Peter Paul Rubens ⓘ
depicts Cupid ⓘ
Habsburg art collection ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
artworks ⓘ
landscape painting ⓘ
luxury objects ⓘ
mythological painting ⓘ
optical devices ⓘ
paintings ⓘ
personification of Sight ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
scientific instruments ⓘ
sculptures ⓘ
tapestries ⓘ
describedBySource Museo del Prado catalogue ⓘ
art historical literature on Brueghel and Rubens ⓘ
genre allegory ⓘ
hasPart armor and weapons ⓘ
astronomical instruments ⓘ
figures in contemporary dress ⓘ
gallery interior ⓘ
globes ⓘ
jewels ⓘ
mirrors ⓘ
musical instruments ⓘ
window view to landscape ⓘ
hasQuality opulent display of objects ⓘ
rich detail ⓘ
inception 1617 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName none (visual artwork) ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Madrid ⓘ
location Museo del Prado ⓘ
linked to: Prado Museum
mainSubject sense of sight ⓘ
movement Flemish Baroque ⓘ
originalTitle La Vista ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOfSeries The Five Senses ⓘ
titleLanguage English ⓘ
useOfPerspective linear perspective ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jan Brueghel the Elder → notableWork → Allegory of Sight ⓘ
Allegory of the Five Senses series → hasPart → Allegory of Sight ⓘ
Jan Brueghel the Elder → notableWork → Allegory of Sight ⓘ
subject linked to: Velvet Brueghel