# Allegory of the Peace between Florence and Fiesole [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GIORDANO, Luca]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary Allegory of the Peace between Florence and Fiesole c. 1682 Oil on canvas Galleria Palatina \(Palazzo Pitti\), Florence The canvas, signed "Jordanus" in the bottom left corner, shows a complex allegory that evokes the peace between Florence and Fiesole during the Roman period. This is also an allusion to the lasting peace established by the Medici in Tuscany, represented here by their coat-of-arms, which Jupiter offers to the Glory presented by Minerva. Lower down is the allegorical figure of the Arno and in the background, the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore. This painting is a "soffitta" \(i.e., a canvas for a ceiling\), which the Neapolitan artist painted for what, in the 16th century, was the "Sala della guardia" in the apartment of Prince Ferdinand, son of Cosimo III, in Palazzo Pitti. This is now the Green Room in the Royal Apartments. ## Related artworks - [A Cynical Philospher]() - [A Homage to Velázquez]() - [Aaron's Sacrifice, and the Destruction of the Band of Korah \(detail\)]() - [Aaron's Sacrifice, and the Destruction of the Band of Korah]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Allegory of Wisdom]() - [Apotheosis of the Medici]() - [Battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()