Art Funded
Allegory of Ill Fortune
© British Museum
attributed to Cornelis Anthonisz (circa 1499 - 1553)
British Museum
A drawing by a sixteenth century artist from Amsterdam representing an allegory of Idleness. The drawing depicts a woman holding an eel in her hand with ruins in the distance ruins. Behind the figure, we can see dying cattle and a ship. Originally thought to be an Allegory of Ill Fortune. One of thirteen gifts to five museums by J G Lousada through the Art Fund between 1921 and 1939.
- Medium: pen, bister and wash
- ArtFunded in: 1921
- Presented by J G Lousada through The Art Fund
Provenance
Collection of Rodrigues
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