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Allegories of Good and Bad Government and the effects of good and bad government

ArtistLorenzetti, Ambrogio
Artist Info.Italy active 1319-48
ViewEffects of Good Government: the Country, general view w wheat fields and nobles&peasants on road
SiteSiena, Palazzo Pubblico, Hall of Peace
LocationItaly
Date1338-39
SubjectFrescoes
PeriodGothic
Materialfresco
Add'l. Info.Hall of Peace, where the government of Nine held its meetings
Saskia No.Kif-0744
SourceCunningham & Reich, Culture and Values, 6th ed., chapter 11, plate 14
 Gardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 19, plate 22
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 19, plate 18
 Hartt, History of Italian Renaissance Art, 4th ed., chapter 4, plate 108
 Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 11, plate 85
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 16, plate 67