# Ceiling vault in the Salone \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CORTONA, Pietro da](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The long sides of the ceiling fresco depict Allegories of the Political and Spiritual Authority of the Papacy. The present detail shows Sapientia Humana, assisted by Chastity, Piety, and Divine Love, triumphs over Earthly Love.

## Related artworks

- [Age of Bronze](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/age-of-bronze-rb15132e1668261>)
- [Age of Iron](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/age-of-iron-rce1ef2549488bc>)
- [Apotheose of Aeneas \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/apotheose-of-aeneas-detail-r0fdaa34d343548>)
- [Augustus and the Sibyl](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/augustus-and-the-sibyl-r248515e0fd1d33>)
- [Ceiling fresco in the Sala di Saturno](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-fresco-in-the-sala-di-saturno-r14484cd2ab2670>)
- [Ceiling of the Galleria Pamphilj](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-of-the-galleria-pamphilj-rc29414c81472d8>)
- [Ceiling painting \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-painting-detail-r6e9d7cea8a94e3>)
- [Ceiling painting \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-painting-detail-r8df6687fb1cd5d>)
- [Ceiling painting \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-painting-detail-red3c2ed57464ba>)
- [Ceiling painting](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-painting-r19f61c7937d941>)
- [Ceiling painting](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-painting-r3a702507be60f3>)
- [Ceiling painting](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-painting-r3b155ff05a5a34>)

## Attribution

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