PIERATTI, Domenico
(b. 1600, Firenze, d. 1656, Roma)

The Virtue of Zeal

1635-36
Marble
Grotto of Moses, Palazzo Pitti, Florence

On the garden side of the courtyard of Palazzo Pitti, Ammannti constructed a grotto, called the "grotto of Moses" on account of the porphyry statue that inhabits it. Inside there are four other statues representing secondary virtues. Among them the Zeal and the Duty were made by Pieratti.




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