Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
Three Cardinal Virtues: Fortitude, Prudence, Temperance [from 'The Jurisprudence Wall']
c.1860-76Carbon print | RCIN 852593
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.
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.
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)