Painting and Sculpture

Allegory of Wisdom and Strength

Allegory of Wisdom and Strength or Wisdom and Strength is a painting by Paolo Veronese, created c. 1565 in Venice. It is now located in the Frick Collection, in New York. It is a large-scale allegorical painting depicting Divine Wisdom personified on the left and Hercules, representing Strength and earthly concerns, on the right. Wisdom gazes heavenward while Hercules looks down on jewels below him. The conflict between divine and mortal affairs is central in this allegorical painting.

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• ▸Joan of Arc Imprisoned in Rouen
• ▸Gliese 777
• ▸China painting

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