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Four Allegories of Virtue, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France
Felice Giani1813
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Four octagonal drawings. Top, left: Justice shown standing on one side of niche, leaning upon fasces and raising pair of scales. Inscribed above in graphite: GIUSTIZA. Top, right: Prudence shown standing in temple precinct, holding looking-glass and snake. Inscribed above in graphite: PRUDENZA. Bottom, left: Strength holding club and shown near trophies. Inscribed above in graphite: FORTEZZA. Bottom, right: Vigilance holding lamp with crane. Inscribed above in graphite: VIGILANZA.
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- Title: Four Allegories of Virtue, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France
- Creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
- Date Created: 1813
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/10644
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and greyish-brown wash, black chalk on grey textured paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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