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.

Names:

	Charity (allegorical character) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Caritas (allegorical character) (Latin,D)
	Carità (Italian-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Miscellaneous Topics (P)
		....<Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme> (P)
		........<Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters> (P)
		............Faith, Hope, and Charity (allegorical characters) (I)
		................Charity (allegorical character) (P)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Roman Charity
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman narratives, Roman Charity (Roman narrative)) [901000400]

Other Relationships:

	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)

Sources:

	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-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacques_Blanchard_-_Allegory_of_Charity_-_WGA02232.jpg