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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 Goverment: the City, general view of the city w masonry structures, activities of prosperity
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-0737
SourceCunningham & Reich, Culture and Values, 6th ed., chapter 11, plate 13
 Gardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 19, plate 21
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 19, plate 17
 Hartt, History of Italian Renaissance Art, 4th ed., chapter 8, figure C32
 Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 11, plate 84
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 16, plate 67