Allegory of Wealth is a circa 1640[1] painting by the French Baroque artistSimon Vouet.Allegory of Wealth is its traditional title, though Nicolas Milovanovic argues that it should instead be entitledAllegory of Contempt for Wealth and theLouvre (where it now hangs) entitles itAllegory of Faith and of Contempt for Wealth.
Probably painted forLouis XIII's château atSaint-Germain-en-Laye, it is first mentioned in the French royal collection inventories early in the 18th century asVictory crowned with laurels holding in her arms an infant with a sash and an infant holding bracelets and precious stones. Frédéric Villot entitled itLa Richesse in the mid-19th century and this title was not contested until 2015.
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