Ascius and Senius, Allegory of Good Government

Ascius and Senius, sons of Remus, founders of the city of Siena and depicted as suckling children at the feet of the figure of the Commune of Siena, detail from the fresco of the Allegory of Good Government (Allegoria del Buon Governo), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. It is also believed that the children could depict Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome, with the wolf who fed them. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1338-39 Allegoria Allegorical Ambrogio Buon Buono Cattivo Civic Commune Consiglio Effetti Governo Lallegoria Lorenzetti Magnanimity Nove Pace Pre-renaissance Prudence Pubblico Publico Remus Romulus Sala Salon Sceptre Secular Siena Sienese Suckling Toscana Tuscan Virtue

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