The Cardinal Virtues
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The Cardinal Virtues |
Raphael, 1511 |
fresco |
? × 660 cm |
Apostolic Palace, Vatican City |
The Cardinal Virtues is a painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted in 1511 as the fourth part, after the Disputation of the Holy Sacrament, The School of Athens and The Parnassus, of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. It is located in the Stanza della segnatura and allegorically presents fortitude, prudence and temperance.