# Allegory of Virtues [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CORREGGIO]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Distemper, 142 x 86 cm ## Commentary The two allegories, Allegory of Virtues and Allegory of Vices, were painted to complete the decoration of Isabella d'Este's studiolo in the Palazzo Ducale of Mantua. These are some of the most enigmatic works of Correggio, their subject is difficult to decipher. ## Related artworks - [Allegory of Vices]() - [Assumption of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Assumption of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Assumption of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Camera di San Paolo]() - [Camera di San Paolo]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(partial view\)]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Danaë \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()