# Allegory on the Life of Man [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BEAUMONT, Claudio Francesco]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary Beaumont's contribution to the painting of the Palazzo Reale includes four living rooms and two galleries. In the Gabinetto Grande \(the present Camera di Lavoro della Regina\) the centre picture on the ceiling is a personification of Vita Humana \(Life of Man\) in the form of a young woman holding an hourglass in her hand. She is leaning on a scythe-wielding Chronos and Fama is pointing out to her the goal of human striving, Eternità Felice. Four groupings represent the four ages of man. ## Related artworks - [Aeneas Legend: Aeneas and Dido]() - [Aeneas Legend: Aeneas Begs Jupiter for Mercy for the Troyans]() - [Aeneas Legend: Aeneas Landing on the Mouth of the Tiber]() - [Aeneas Legend: Aeneas Landing on the Mouth of the Tiber]() - [Aeneas Legend: Aeneas Performing Obsequies for His Father]() - [Hercules as Virtue and Competence being Crowned by Justitia]() - [Quarrel of the Goddesses and the Judgment of Paris]() - [The Triumph of Peace \(detail\)]() - [The Triumph of Peace]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()