Medici Riccardi Palace, Gallery of Mirrors (or Room Luca Giordano): “The Allegory of Fortitude”, detail of the vault. Frescoes by Luca Giordano, 1682 - 1685. Detail of the Courage, depicted as an archer (figure of Hercules) strangling a snake, with a fox trampled on the ground by a winged putto. Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Firenze (FI) - Florence, Toscana - Tuscany, Italia - Italy
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Medici Riccardi Palace, Gallery of Mirrors (or Room Luca Giordano): “The Allegory of Fortitude”, detail of the vault.
Frescoes by Luca Giordano, 1682 - 1685.

Detail of the Courage, depicted as an archer (figure of Hercules) strangling a snake, with a fox trampled on the ground by a winged putto.
Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Firenze (FI) - Florence, Toscana - Tuscany, Italia - Italy

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Jul 20, 2017

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Italy Tuscany Florence Palazzo Medici Riccardi Medici Riccardi Palace Art Artwork Painting Fresco Luca Giordano Il Seicento 17th Century Baroque Fortitude Cardinal Virtue Courage Archer Mythology Greek Myth Heracles Hercules Snake Allegory Fox Putto Cupid

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