Allegory of Bad Government and Its Effect on Town and Country / Allegory of Bad Government and Its Effect on City and Country / Allegory of Bad Government, right side, Tyranny and Vices / Gothic; Creation date: 1338-1340 CE
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Record Details
- Work Title
- Allegory of Bad Government and Its Effect on Town and Country
- Allegory of Bad Government and Its Effect on City and Country
- Creator/Culture
- painter: Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Italian, 1285-c. 1348)
- Media/Technique
- fresco, fresco painting
- Subjects
- Devils and demons
- Female allegorical figures
- Wings of an animal
- Figures with Wings
- Claw feet
- Tyranny (Allegorical figures)
- Horn
- Cups
- Goats
- Cloaks
- Vices (Allegorical figures)
- Betrayal (Allegorical figures)
- Deceit (Allegorical figures)
- Fury (Allegorical figures)
- Discord (Allegorical figures)
- War (Allegorical figure)
- Cruelty (Allegorical figures)
- Pride and vanity (Allegorical figures)
- Scales (Weighing devices)
- Avarice (Allegorical figures)
- Fresco painting
- Interior murals
- Allegory
- Art and state
- Siena (City-state)
- Italy --History --1268-1492
- Work Record ID
- 545419
- Image Record ID
- 918550
- Classification Filing Number
- 372
- L869-A
- 4P 5ce
- *.a&d.r
Technical Details
- Collection
- History of Art, VRC Image Bank
- Record
- 918550
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-918550/1
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History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 918550. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-918550/1. April 23, 2024.