Triumph of vainglory (gloria mundi, fama); frontispiece to petrarch's de viris illustribus, 1379 (bnf ms latin 6069f). The image is thought to be based on a fresco by giotto in the palace of azzone visconti, in milan. This is one of the forerunners of the iconographic tradition illustrating petrarch's triumphs. Date: 1379.
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