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Allegory of Chianti
Giorgio Vasari1563/1565
Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy
Castellina, Radda and Brolio in Chianti are represented in the background, while in the foreground there are the rivers Pesa and Elsa, the god Bacchus (to recall the excellent wine of the area) holding the symbol of Chianti, since then a black cock in a yellow field. Photo: Simone Lampredi
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- Title: Allegory of Chianti
- Creator Lifespan: 1511 - 1574
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Firenze
- Creator Birth Place: Arezzo
- Date Created: 1563/1565
- painter: Giorgio Vasari
- Theme: allegorical subject
- Second artist name: Jan Van der Straet (known as Giovanni Stradano)
- Second artist death place: Firenze
- Second artist death date: 1605
- Second artist birth place: Bruges
- Second artist birth date: 1523
- Physical Dimensions: w250 x h250 cm (Complete)
- Period: Mannerism
- Original title: Allegoria del Chianti
- Type: oil painting on wood
- Rights: Comune di Firenze, Comune di Firenze
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