Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART LocalCollection ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART Collection
Preferred Title:
Hall of the Triumph of Virtue Work_PrefTitle Hall of the Triumph of Virtue Preferred Title
Alternate Title:
Sala del Trionfo della Virtù Work_AltTitle Sala del Trionfo della Virtù Alternate Title
Image View:
Detail, upper register, allegorical figure Image_Title Detail, upper register, allegorical figure Image View
Creator:
Giorgio Vasari (Italian painter, 1511-1574) Agent_Display Giorgio Vasari (Italian painter, 1511-1574) Creator
Location:
site: Casa di Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy) Work_Location_Type_D isplay site: Casa di Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy) Location
Location Note:
Via XX Settembre, 55 Work_LocationNotes Via XX Settembre, 55 Location Note
GPS:
43.468976 11.880101 GPS 43.468976 11.880101 GPS
Date:
1548 (creation) Work_DateDisplay 1548 (creation) Date
Cultural Context:
Italian Work_Culture Italian Cultural Context
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style) Work_StylePeriodDisp lay Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style) Style Period
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting) Work_Worktype1 fresco (painting) Work Type 1
Classification:
Paintings Work_Classification Paintings Classification
Material:
pigment on plaster Work_MaterialDisplay pigment on plaster Material
Technique:
fresco painting (technique); grisaille Work_Technique fresco painting (technique); grisaille Technique
Subjects:
allegory; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Jupiter (Roman deity); Mercury (Roman deity); Zodiac; trompe l'oeil; astrology Work_Image_SubjectDi splay allegory; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Jupiter (Roman deity); Mercury (Roman deity); Zodiac; trompe l'oeil; astrology Subjects
Description:
Vasari bought this house in 1541, and rebuilt it, finishing in 1547; he also painted the interiors from 1542-ca. 1548. It is characteristic of his self-confidence that he lavished as much effort on his own house as on those of his patrons. This may also reflect the influence of the elaborately decorated houses of Andrea Mantegna and Giulio Romano, which he had seen in Mantua in 1541. The Sala del Trionfo della Virtù (the main hall of the house), painted in 1548, includes monochrome (grisaille) frescoes illustrating well-known anecdotes about artists of antiquity recorded by Pliny. The rest of the iconography is focused on the role and the influence of the stars (astrology) on human life, allegorical figures, and, on the ceiling, The Triumph of Virtue, who struggles with Fortune and Envy. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/) Work_Description_Sou rce Vasari bought this house in 1541, and rebuilt it, finishing in 1547; he also painted the interiors from 1542-ca. 1548. It is characteristic of his self-confidence that he lavished as much effort on his own house as on those of his patrons. This may also reflect the influence of the elaborately decorated houses of Andrea Mantegna and Giulio Romano, which he had seen in Mantua in 1541. The Sala del Trionfo della Virtù (the main hall of the house), painted in 1548, includes monochrome (grisaille) frescoes illustrating well-known anecdotes about artists of antiquity recorded by Pliny. The rest of the iconography is focused on the role and the influence of the stars (astrology) on human life, allegorical figures, and, on the ceiling, The Triumph of Virtue, who struggles with Fortune and Envy. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/) Description
Image Description:
Upper register, "ancient" landscapes interspersed with allegorical figures connected to artistic practice; Exertion, Imitation, Justice, Honor, Happiness, Knowledge (as Minerva), Charity, Liberality, Immortality, Fertility of Nature and Prudence. Image_Description Upper register, "ancient" landscapes interspersed with allegorical figures connected to artistic practice; Exertion, Imitation, Justice, Honor, Happiness, Knowledge (as Minerva), Charity, Liberality, Immortality, Fertility of Nature and Prudence. Image Description
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art LocalCollection Adjunct Module B: Italian Art Collection
Identifier:
7A1-VG-CGV-RVT-A13 Image_OriginalVendor ID 7A1-VG-CGV-RVT-A13 Identifier
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. Image_Rights © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. Rights

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