# Allegorical group

- By: Manufacture Oud-Loosdrecht
- Date: c. 1782 - c. 1784
- Medium: porcelain
- Classification: figure
- Dimensions: height 39.5 cm x width 27.2 cm x depth 21.1 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-16054--403a7a4c7b098f4e5f8a4a001b6d0481)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/EnJRb/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

An elegantly dressed gentleman pays an old beggar woman to have his shoes polished by her son. His favourite pastime is symbolized by the statue of Diana, goddess of the hunt. The social theme depicted here was quite unusual for a porcelain figure group.