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Allegory of Courage
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This sketch is a study for a painting commissioned by Prince Francesco de' Medici, from a series celebrating the family's prosperous rule of Florence. The iconography is based on the Judgement of Paris, with an additional political subtext alluding to the choices a sovereign has to make. The elegant dancing figures, and complex allegorical content, are typical qualities of Florentine Mannerist art.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineAllegorie op de moed. c. 1567. Jacopo Zucchi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
