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Allegory of San Miniato in lower Valdarno
Giorgio Vasari1563/1565
Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy
The town of San Miniato is represented in the background, while in the foreground one can see the river Pesa, a judge dressed in an ancient fashion (to recall the praetorship once existing in the area) and a young man holding the city banner. Photo: Simone Lampredi
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- Title: Allegory of San Miniato in lower Valdarno
- 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 di San Miniato nel basso Valdarno
- Type: oil painting on wood
- Rights: Comune di Firenze, Comune di Firenze
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