Frescoes in the gallery of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence, scene: Triumph of the Medici in the clouds of Olympus, Luca Giordano, 1684-1685

Allegorical representation of cosimo iii, grand duke of tuscany, as the temperance, according to cesare ripa's iconologia: «a beautiful woman [in this case obliviously a young man], with long, blond hair, in her right hand she will hold a burning pincer, and in her left a vase of water [here held by a putto on the right], in which she tempers that burning iron, and will be dressed in red velvet, with golden laces». Object Type: painting. Date: 1684-1685. Medium: fresco. Collection: Palazzo Medici-Riccardi. Luca Giordano 023.1