Fury by Pianta, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice, Italy

Fury, a blindfolded shackled man, an allegorical walnut wood sculpture by Francesco Pianta, 1657-76, in the Sala Capitolare or Chapter Room, in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, a lay confraternity founded in 1478, based on the cult of St Roch, in San Polo in Venice, Italy. The series is moralising in tone, with vices and virtues, and representations of the arts. The sculptures are dossali, originally intended for the rear of an altar. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Manuel Cohen

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1515-60 1657-76 17th century allegorical allegory art blindfold blindfolded chained Chapter Room color image colour image Confraternity of St Roch cult of St Roch dossali Europe European figure fine arts Francesco Pianta fury heritage history horizontal indoors inside interior Italian Italy lay confraternity moralistic Pianta Sala Capitolare San Polo sculptural detail sculpture Scuola Grande Scuola Grande di San Rocco shackled Southern Europe Southern European Venetian Veneto Venice walnut wood wooden

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