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ID: 901000244 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000244 | Record Type: Character/Person |
Charity (allegorical character) | ||
Note: Personification, usually in the form of a human female, representing benevolent giving. In a theological sense, she can represent the theological virtue by which we love God above all things and our neighbor as ourselves. She may be portrayed nursing infants or prisoners. | |
Charity (allegorical character) (preferred,English-P,D) | |
Caritas (allegorical character) (Latin,D) | |
Carità (Italian-P,D) | |
associated with .... Roman Charity | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman narratives, Roman Charity (Roman narrative)) [901000400] |
is personification of .... charity (philosophical concept) | |
.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
role/characteristic is .... allegory (artistic device) | |
.....(symbolism (artistic concept), artistic devices, artistic concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
Charity (allegorical character) | |
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-) | |
Caritas (allegorical character) | |
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-) | |
Carità | |
................ICCD database (1988-) | |
................ Source for image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacques_Blanchard_-_Allegory_of_Charity_-_WGA02232.jpg | |
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