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Allegory of Wisdom and Strength or Wisdom and Strength is a painting by Paolo Veronese, created c. 1565 in Venice.It is now located in the Frick Collection, in New York.It is a large-scale allegorical painting depicting Divine Wisdom personified on the left and Hercules, representing Strength and earthly concerns, on the right.
The Choice Between Virtue and Vice and Wisdom and Strength have traveled together since their creation, through many prestigious owners and collections. Because of this, many scholars assumed that Veronese painted them as a pair. In 1970, Edgar Munhall was the first scholar to suggest that they were simply made at the same time, not as pendants ...
Paolo Caliari (1528 – 19 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese (/ ˌ v ɛr ə ˈ n eɪ z eɪ,-z i / VERR-ə-NAY-zay, -zee, US also /-eɪ s i /-see; Italian: [ˈpaːolo veroˈneːze,-eːse]), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as The Wedding at Cana (1563) and The Feast in the House of Levi (1573).
Tintoretto begins painting the cycle of the life of Christ ... Paolo Veronese paints the Allegory of Virtue and Vice and Wisdom and Strength in Venice, Italy. Births
The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (Veronese, Milan) The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (Veronese, Turin) The Finding of Moses (Veronese, Washington) The Finding of Moses (Veronese, Dijon) The Finding of Moses (Veronese, Dresden) The Finding of Moses (Veronese, Lyon) The Finding of Moses (Veronese, Madrid)
Paolo Veronese was known for his depictions of luxurious settings and love of decorating the most holy and sacred of scenes with people clad in shimmering fur-lined gowns made of silks and brocades, more reminiscent of Venetian high society than humble representations of the subjects.
27. “Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.” 28. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” 29. “For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all ...
Christ Among the Doctors is a painting in oils on canvas by Paolo Veronese, now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Its dating has been the subject of debate – the date 1548 appears on a book held by a figure seated on the stairs in the foreground, but in 1976 Diana Gisolfi Pechukas posited 1565 as the earliest possible date for the painting's production.