GIORDANO, Luca
(b. 1634, Napoli, d. 1705, Napoli)

Allegory of Wisdom

1685
Fresco
Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence

The picture shows the ceiling fresco in the library (Biblioteca Riccardiana) in the Palazzo Medici Riccardi. The meaning of the depiction: with the aid of science and wisdom human reason ascends to truth and a perception of divinity.




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