# The Allegory of Bavaria

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GERHARD, Hubert](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhard-hubert-r0d7611a4222898>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Cast bronze, height 231 cm

## Commentary

The Allegory of Bavaria c. 1590 Cast bronze, height 231 cm Residenzmuseum, Munich Originally it was a garden statue, beside a pool. Between 1615 and 1943 it decorated the cupola of the Hofgarten Pavillion in Munich raised on a base decorated by four putti. The goddess wears a helmet adorned with ears of grain, symbolizing agriculture, and her shoulders are covered with the skin of an Alpine deer. At her feet is a pitcher connoting the abundance of mountain streams and a small cask symbolizing the riches of the salt mines.

## Related artworks

- [Augustus Fountain \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhard-hubert-r0d7611a4222898/augustus-fountain-detail-r3141e85d8697ba>)
- [St Michael Slaying the Devil](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhard-hubert-r0d7611a4222898/st-michael-slaying-the-devil-re15d5ab9e99327>)
- [Tarquinius and Lucretia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhard-hubert-r0d7611a4222898/tarquinius-and-lucretia-r3469129f5590b9>)
- [The Allegory of Bavaria](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhard-hubert-r0d7611a4222898/the-allegory-of-bavaria-rba26dd3b5f459f>)
- [Venus and Mars with Cupid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhard-hubert-r0d7611a4222898/venus-and-mars-with-cupid-r01d14c147d9e61>)

## Attribution

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