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

Ceiling vault (centre part)

1633-39
Fresco
Palazzo Barberini, Rome

The centre part of the ceiling fresco shows Divina Providentia surrounded by virtues, below them the Parcae and Chronos. Above Providentia is Immortalitas with a crown of stars. The three theological virtues Faith, Hope, and Love are shaping a laurel wreath around the Barberini bees crowned by Religio with the keys and Roma with the papal tiara.




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