print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1850,1014.1028.13
- Description
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Illustration of the figures of Justice and Prudence from a fresco in the Palazzo della Ragione (great town hall) of Padua; Prudence on left holding a mirror and Justice on right holding a sword and scales, both seated; page fifteen of Maria Callcott's "Description of the Chapel of the Annunziata dell'Arena; or, Giotto's Chapel in Padua" (London, Printed for the author, by Thomas Brettell: 1835)
Wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1835 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 144 millimetres (image)
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Width: 108 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For all the illustrations see 1850,1014.1028.1-13
For more information about the history and context of the "Description of the Chapel of the Annunziata dell'Arena; or, Giotto's Chapel in Padua", see the curatorial comment to 1850,1014.1028.1.
Early sources attest to Giotto also having worked elsewhere in Padua; namely that he executed a series a paintings of 'zodiacal imagery' in the Palazzo della Ragione (or 'Salone') and more frescoes in the chapter house of the Santo (fragmentary; now considered workshop). A great fire in 1420 destroyed Giotto's frescoes in the Palazzo della Ragione, though succeeding generations have attempted to restore them.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Description of the Chapel of the Annunziata dell'Arena; or, Giotto's Chapel in Padua
- Acquisition date
- 1850
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1850,1014.1028.13
