# The Arithmetic

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PINTURICCHIO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The allegorical depiction of arithmetic, one of the liberal arts, is in the Sala delle Arti Liberali \(Room of Liberal Arts\) in the Borgia apartments. The room from which this view is taken was decorated on a theme of the seven liberal arts.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Christ Child \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/adoration-of-the-christ-child-detail-rb0ff1fd426a200>)
- [Adoration of the Christ Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/adoration-of-the-christ-child-r9abbf43b1dcceb>)
- [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/ceiling-decoration-detail-r4bef48f5e4e77e>)
- [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/ceiling-decoration-detail-r813319fdc68109>)
- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/ceiling-decoration-r774e7d1dd2d581>)
- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/ceiling-decoration-ree38f6562df6e7>)
- [Christ among the Doctors \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/christ-among-the-doctors-detail-r8f5189fdd4d835>)
- [Christ among the Doctors](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/christ-among-the-doctors-rc53923aa7c9377>)
- [Death of St Bernardine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/death-of-st-bernardine-rde56e666dc15ca>)
- [Entrance to the Piccolomini Library](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/entrance-to-the-piccolomini-library-r8287bb8d677f98>)
- [Four Enthroned Sibyls](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/four-enthroned-sibyls-r6d90e456163f35>)
- [Homage to Pope Eugenius IV in the Name of Emperor Frederick III](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pinturicchio-r1b1a7c1fed096a/homage-to-pope-eugenius-iv-in-the-name-of-emperor-frederick-iii-r45a21289f70640>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)