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Allegory of Bad Government, Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Allegory of Bad Government

Allegoria del Cattivo Governo (museum title)

Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Italian) (vers 1290-1348)

Movement
Gothic
Date
1338–1339
Medium
Fresco
Collection
Museo Civico, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0

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