Patron to painter: Elizabethan programs for five allegorical paintings

Abstract

On art historical, iconographic, and historical grounds the manuscripts add significantly to our knowledge of Elizabethan visual allegorie, and reveal a provocative new contribution to the evolution of English political thought. And the development across three of the programs of a warm personal relationship between the patron and the artist opens a unique window into early modern relationships of this kind. Unlike most other surviving artistic programs, this one reveals its author's personality and interests in a rich and beguiling way -- back cover.

Contents

An Allegory of the Tempest -- An Allegory of Fortuna -- The Allegory of the Epicure -- An Allegory of Justitia -- An Allegory of [In]justitia -- Marginalia.