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- Collection: November 11: Metropolitan Museum of Art or The Frick Collection
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St.Francis in the Desert
St.Francis stands barefoot at the focal point of this painting adorned in tanish brown Catholic monk robes. His arms are extended out to his sides in a fashion similar to depictions of Christ showing his crucifixion wounds.[2] His head is upturned…
The Choice Between Virtue and Vice Veronese
The Choice Between Virtue and Vice Veronese depicts the situation of Hercules in Greek mythology encountering two women and facing a tough choice. Vice shows him a life of comfort, enticing him with the riches of life; yet Virtue summons him to work…
Mars and Venus United by Love
Paolo Veronese was most likely commissioned by Emperor Maximilian II to create a painting of the Roman mythological gods Venus and Mars [1]. Born in Verona (where his name stems from) to a family of artists, Veronese studied the works of those before…
The Choice Between Virtue and Vice
Though the patron of this piece may be unknown, the moral lesson shown is clear, which is offered in the form of a story with Hercules at a crossroads. He must choose between Vice, the woman facing away from the viewer and clothed in bright fabrics,…