Tag: vice

Allegoria della Virtù e del Vizio (1505)

Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Allegoria della Virtù e del Vizio (Allegory of Virtue and Vice) 1505 Oil on panel, 56.5 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Set on a strip of land under a cloud-filled sky and in front of…

Allegoria del Vizio (c.1531)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria del Vizio (Allegory of Vice) c.1531 Tempera on canvas, 14.2 × 85.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Companion: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria della Virtù c.1531 Musée du Louvre, Paris     See also: • Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di Mantova (1474-1539)

Hercules between Vice and Virtue (c.1685)

Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Hercules between Vice and Virtue c.1685 Oil on canvas, 112 x 181 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The theme comes from the famous apologue of Prodicas, transmitted by Xenophon (Memorabilia, II, 1, 21-34), often represented by painters…

The Land of Milk and Honey (1567)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Land of Milk and Honey 1567 Oil on oak, 51.5 x 78.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The theme broached here is human wrongdoing that includes idleness and gluttony. It pervades all social classes, as shown…