Allegorical Figure Representing Fortitude

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

1760 · Fresco, transferred to canvas · European Paintings

This detached fresco is from a series of four ovals that were designed by Tiepolo and painted by his workshop for the decoration of the corners of the ceiling of a room in the Palazzo Valle-Marchesini-Sala in Vicenza. The attribute of the obelisk identifies the allegorical figure as representing Fortitude.

Artist

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Date

1760

Medium

Fresco, transferred to canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Bequest of Grace Rainey Rogers, 1943