Detail View: The AMICA Library: Allegory of Virtue and Vice (The Choice of Hercules)
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AMICA ID:
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TFC_.Veronese.12-1-129
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Veronese, Paolo
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Italian
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Creator Dates/Places:
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c.1528-1588
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari)
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Title:
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Allegory of Virtue and Vice (The Choice of Hercules)
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1580
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Creation Start Date:
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1570
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Creation End Date:
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1590
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Materials and Techniques:
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oil on canvas (lined)
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Subject Terms:
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Allegory - Virtue
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Subject Terms:
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Allegory - Vice
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Dimensions:
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86 1/4 x 66 3/4 in. (219 x 169.5 cm.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Frick Collection
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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12.1.129
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Credit Line:
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Purchased
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Rights:
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Context:
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At a crossroads, Hercules encountered Vice, who offered a path of ease and pleasure, and Virtue, who indicated a rugged ascent leading to true happiness a moral lesson underlined by the motto on the entablature at upper left: [HO]NOR ET VIRTUS/[P]OST MORTE FLORET (Honor and Virtue Flourish after Death). The long talons of Vice have ripped the hero's stocking. A jagged knife leans against the breast of the sphinx supporting her throne. This painting is one of the Frick s two large canvases by Veronese. For additional information, please see the essay about Allegory of Wisdom and Strength.
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Related Document Description:
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New York, The Frick Collection. Art in the Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts [cat.]. Comp. C. Ryskamp, et al., 1996, pp.52-53, p.53 (reproduced in color). New York, The Frick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.2, Paintings. [cat.]. 1968, pp.272-284, p.275 (reproduced).
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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TFC_.veronese.12-1-129.tif
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