# Virtues of the Monument to Gaston de Foix: Truth

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BAMBAIA](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bambaia-r3f697721a9977c>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Marble, height 65 cm

## Commentary

In addition to the effigy of Gaston de Foix in the Castello Sforzesco, Milan, a large number of fragments of the monument survive. Three statuettes of Virtues in the Victoria and Albert Museum also formed part of the monument. The picture represents Truth \(or Temperance or Justice\), one of the Virtues \(Charity, Truth, Fortitude\) in London. This female figure is dressed in classical robes with a veil or cloak draped over her head and tied on her right shoulder. On her head is a crown or diadem, in her left hand a small scroll and in her right she holds one end of her veil.

## Related artworks

- [Altar of St Evasius \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bambaia-r3f697721a9977c/altar-of-st-evasius-detail-rae6803fd462fbd>)
- [Apostles for the Monument to Gaston de Foix](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bambaia-r3f697721a9977c/apostles-for-the-monument-to-gaston-de-foix-r0f193d2f385e99>)
- [Apostles for the Monument to Gaston de Foix](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bambaia-r3f697721a9977c/apostles-for-the-monument-to-gaston-de-foix-r3160e0332ead39>)
- [Apostles for the Monument to Gaston de Foix](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bambaia-r3f697721a9977c/apostles-for-the-monument-to-gaston-de-foix-r68359e9106f456>)
- [Apostles for the Monument to Gaston de Foix](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bambaia-r3f697721a9977c/apostles-for-the-monument-to-gaston-de-foix-r873bad686a7fcb>)
- [Apostles for the Monument to Gaston de Foix](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bambaia-r3f697721a9977c/apostles-for-the-monument-to-gaston-de-foix-r9c5fe17b4865ab>)
- [Apostles for the Monument to Gaston de Foix](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bambaia-r3f697721a9977c/apostles-for-the-monument-to-gaston-de-foix-rdd5e9547791666>)
- [Base of the Monument to Gaston de Foix](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bambaia-r3f697721a9977c/base-of-the-monument-to-gaston-de-foix-r9c5f1a09db59e2>)
- [Charity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bambaia-r3f697721a9977c/charity-r159102d48e53b2>)
- [Design for a Tomb](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bambaia-r3f697721a9977c/design-for-a-tomb-r7e5b68720e103e>)
- [Design for a Tomb](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bambaia-r3f697721a9977c/design-for-a-tomb-rcfdf54d0002abb>)
- [Figure of a Saint](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bambaia-r3f697721a9977c/figure-of-a-saint-re5f8f5e2cb2aba>)

## Attribution

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