CORTONA, Pietro da
(b. 1596, Cortona, d. 1669, Roma)

Ceiling vault in the Salone (detail)

1633-39
Fresco
Palazzo Barberini, Rome

The detail shows the three theological virtues Faith, Hope, and Love shaping a laurel wreath around the Barberini bees crowned by Religio with the keys and Roma with the papal tiara.