Virtue and Abundance
Like the other frescoes in this room, this large roundel is from the Palazzo Valle-Marchesini-Sala in Vicenza. It simulates a sculptural relief and decorated the ceiling of a long gallery, whose lateral walls were embellished with the allegorical figures of the liberal arts. It depicts the two allegorical figures of Virtue, on the left, and Abundance, with the cornucopia, on the right.
Credit: Bequest of Grace Rainey Rogers, 1943
1760
Fresco, transferred to canvas
289.6 x 289.6cm
43.85.12
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection