# Sight

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maffei-francesco-rb12df5066df75a/sight-r187932664ae750>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [MAFFEI, Francesco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maffei-francesco-rb12df5066df75a>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 230 x 170 cm

## Commentary

The painting comes from the Palazzo Nani, where the library ceiling was decorated by Maffei with depictions of the five senses. This painting is an allegory of sight, as may be deduced from the presence of a mirror and an eagle.

## Related artworks

- [Circe and Ulysses](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maffei-francesco-rb12df5066df75a/circe-and-ulysses-r726f2272b0f739>)
- [Madonna and Child with Sts Dominic and Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maffei-francesco-rb12df5066df75a/madonna-and-child-with-sts-dominic-and-catherine-r518191ffd4b3ec>)
- [Perseus Beheading Medusa](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maffei-francesco-rb12df5066df75a/perseus-beheading-medusa-r88384185d13d98>)
- [Perseus Liberating Andromeda](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maffei-francesco-rb12df5066df75a/perseus-liberating-andromeda-rbf2951a738f833>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)