Simon Vouet
Allegories bring big ideas down to earth. Simon Vouet's painting Wealth gives a grand example of this at work. Baroque painters, such as Vouet, reveled in allegory. They swam in it, like Scrooge McDuck with his pool of gold coins. Vouet flourishes with a sweep of golden fabric across the work's center - a rich beacon.
Wealth is a woman surrounded with children beside her here. That's to remind us that it's not the bejeweled necklaces and chic vases that matter most. True riches lie in bonds of the heart and soul. For instance, with the unconditional love between parent and child depicted here. The woman Wealth drowns in riches. She's got it on all levels, tangible, emotional, and familial.
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