Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Effects of Good Government on the City
Fresco in the Palazzo Publico (Siena, 1338-1340)
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For a masterful analysis of the political philosophy embedded in this fresco, see Quentin Skinner, "Ambrogio Lorenzetti and the Portrayal of Virtuous Government" and "Ambrogio Lorenzetti on the Power and Glory of Republics," in Skinner, Visions of Politics, Vol. 2 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002), pp. 39-117.