Fortitude, Allegory of Good Government fresco

Allegorical figure of Fortitude, one of the Virtues of Good Government, wearing a black dress and a crown and holding a sceptre and a shield, below are 2 soldiers wearing armour and mounted on horseback. 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. 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 Consiglio Effetti Governo Lallegoria Lorenzetti Nove Pace Pre-renaissance Prudence Pubblico Publico Sala Salon Secular Siena Sienese Toscana Tuscan Virtue

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