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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Work Title: Allegory of Bad Government and Its Effect on Town and Country; Allegory of Bad Government and Its Effect on City and Country
View Title: Allegory of Bad Government, right side, Tyranny and Vices
Creator/Culture: painter: Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Italian, 1285-c. 1348)
Site/Repository: Site: Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico (Siena, Siena, Tuscany, Italy)
Period/Date: Gothic; Creation date: 1338-1340 CE
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: 994409
Digital filename: 08vkif0747
Classification Filing Number: 372; L869-A; 4P 5ce; *.r-digitalonly
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 08:15:42

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 3072 x 2036
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Record: 994409
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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 994409. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-994409/08vkif0747. April 23, 2024.