The Awakening of the Arts
Artist
Frans Floris
(Flemish, 1519 - 1570)
Dateca.1560
Object number62.0336
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions63 3/4 × 94 in. (161.9 × 238.8 cm)
frame: 68 1/4 × 98 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (173.4 × 250.2 × 5.7 cm)
frame: 68 1/4 × 98 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (173.4 × 250.2 × 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
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On View
Not on viewDescriptionThis allegorical work commemorates the signing of the treatise of Cateau-Cambrésis, the most important peace agreement in the war-ridden sixteenth century. In a landscape ravaged by war, Philip II of Spain assumes the role of Apollo, seen as the bearded figure in the center. The sun god awakens the liberal arts, represented as women with attributes. With his left hand, Philip II points to four women leading away an abject Mars, the god of war, rendered useless without his sword and battle trophies. The scene symbolizes a new era of cultural prosperity made possible by peace.
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