The above, Allegory of Justice and Peace, is a magnificent painting by Corrado Giaquinto, leading exponent of the Roman Rococo in the first half of the eighteenth century. Evoking the imagery in Psalm 85 where “Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other”, it speaks to an ancient vision of the dual ends of good gover…
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