Three Cardinal Virtues: Fortitude, Prudence, Temperance [from 'The Jurisprudence Wall'] c.1860-76

Carbon print | 31.0 x 48.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852593

After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)

Description

A photograph of the lunette painted over the window on the south wall of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatica, also known as Jurisprudence Wall.

The fresco depicts the personification of three cardinal virtues: Fortitude, Prudence and Temperance (from left to right). The personification of the fourth virtue, Justice, is painted in a roundel on the ceiling of the Stanza.

Provenance

Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
People involved

Creator(s)

After
Search the collection Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
(artist)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Carbon print

carbon print

Measurements

31.0 x 48.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
photographs
Subject(s)
Places
Europe
Italy
Lazio [Italy]
Rome [Lazio]
Vatican City [Rome]
Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Jurisprudence wall
References

Other number(s)

Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.194 E.I.3

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