BAMBINI, Nicolò
(b. 1651, Venezia, d. 1736, Venezia)

Ceiling fresco (detail)

1711-15
Fresco
Ca' Dolfin in San Pantalon, Venice

The groups of figures comprising The Apotheosis of Venice are surrounded by a pile of Virtues and good-natured deities. The present picture shows the personification of Abundance. The courtly assembly also includes personifications of the arts and sciences.