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ID: 901000285
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000285
Record Type: Character/Person

Fortune (allegorical character)

Note: Character or characters representing fortune or luck, designated by the attributes of the figures, activities, or placement in a situation.

Names:
Fortune (allegorical character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Miscellaneous Topics (P)
....<Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme> (P)
........<Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters> (P)
............Fortune (allegorical character) (I)
Other Relationships:
is personification of .... fortune
.....(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:
Fortune (allegorical character)
................GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Louvre Museum (2016-) http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/allegory-fortune
................ Source for image http://www.wikigallery.org/wiki/painting_162747/Godfried-Schalcken/Allegory-of-Fortune

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