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Detail of Laurent de La Hyre's Allegory of Arithmetic, c. 1650

Summary

Laurent de La Hyre: Allegory of Arithmetic

Artist

Laurent de La Hyre (1606–1656)
Alternative names	Laurent de La Hire
Description	French painter, printmaker, engraver, visual artist and designer
Date of birth/death	27 February 1606	28 December 1656
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work period	1620 –1657
Work location	Paris, Fontainebleau
Authority file	: Q59894 VIAF: 76324999 ISNI: 0000000080778613 ULAN: 500004322 LCCN: n86138239 WGA: l/la_hire WorldCat

Title

Allegory of Arithmetic

Object type

painting

Genre

allegory

Description

detail

Date

Baroque (ca. 1650).

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

103.6 x 112 cm

Collection

Walters Art Museum

	Native name	Walters Art Museum
	Location	Baltimore, United States of America
	Coordinates	39° 17′ 47.13″ N, 76° 36′ 59.4″ W
	Established	1934
	Website	thewalters.org
	Authority file	: Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat

Accession number

37.1917.

Credit line

Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902

Notes

Photographed on 18 July 2007.

References

Walters Art Museum artwork ID: 19242

Source/Photographer

Own work, Ad Meskens.

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Image title	Allegory of Arithmetic Artist: Laurent de La Hyre (French, 1606-1656) Date (Period): 1650 Medium: oil on canvas Measurements: 40 13/16 x 44 1/8 in. (103.6 x 112 cm) Description The importance of the intellect was often celebrated in representations of the Seven Liberal Arts: Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Geometry, Arithmetic, Astronomy, and Music. They could be personified as poised young women in a setting and clothing suggestive of ancient Greece, the homeland of Western abstract thought. On the book held by Arithmetic is the name of the Greek mathematician Pythagoras, while on the worksheet are the primary mathematical functions: addition, subtraction, and multiplication. La Hyre produced at least two such series--including the "Allegory of Grammar" (Walters 37.862)--as decoration for the homes of the wealthy. He conveys this classical theme with the cool, rounded, carefully balanced forms of the new idealized style inspired by Raphael and Greco-Roman sculpture. Additional Information Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 Accession Number: 37.1917 Location within Museum: Charles Street: Third Floor: 17th Century Art Place of Origin: Paris, France Provenance Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [no. 820]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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Date and time of data generation	19:41, 18 July 2007
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File change date and time	23:46, 17 December 2010
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