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An Allegory of Virtue

Elisabetta Sirani, 1657
An Allegory of Virtue, Elisabetta Sirani
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87.6 cmAn Allegory of Virtue scale comparison114.9 cm

An Allegory of Virtue is a Neoclassical Oil on Canvas Painting created by Elisabetta Sirani in 1657. It lives in a private collection. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Allegory, Angels and Shaped Canvas. SourceDownloadSee An Allegory of Virtue in the Kaleidoscope

An Allegory of Virtue is one of ten octagonal paintings of mythical subjects by Elisabetta Sirani, created when she was nineteen.

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