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Peace, Prudence and Temperance, detail from The Queen's Drawing Room, 1703 (painted ceiling)

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HRP2624383
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Peace, Prudence and Temperance, detail from The Queen's Drawing Room, 1703 (painted ceiling)
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Verrio, Antonio (1639-1707) / Italian
Location
Hampton Court Palace, Middlesex, UK
Medium
painted ceiling
Date
1703 AD (C18th AD)
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The Queen's Drawing Room ceiling. Detail showing the figures of Peace, Prudence and Temperance ,Peace holds an olive branch; Prudence has a mirror, representing self-knowledge, and a snake, which derives from the Book of Matthew ('Be ye wise as serpents'). She holds an open book on her lap representing the acquisition of wisdom. Temperance pours water from a jug on to what could be an extinguished torch - or a wine vessel Antonio Verrio (1636-1707) 1703

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Photo © Historic Royal Palaces/Robin Forster / Bridgeman Images
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allegory / book / mythology / snake / reptile / animal / Hampton Court Palace / wisdom / mythology / female / snake / olive branch / prudence / wise / figures / allegory / neoclassical / mirror / water / neo classical / myth / neo-classical / peace / temperance / Painting / Mzpainting
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