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Fresco, Palazzo della Ragione, Padua, Italy

Judgement of Solomon, showing him as guiding virtue of all judges, fresco, 1380-90, attributed to Giusto de Menabuoi, 1320-91, in the Salone of the Palazzo della Ragione, built 1218-1306, in Padua, Veneto, Italy. The building was previously the city hall, market and law courts and contained frescoes attributed to Giotto which were destroyed in 1420. It is decorated with a fresco cycle 1425-40 by Niccolo Miretto and Stefano de Ferrare, based on astrological studies by Pietro d'Abano. The palace forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Judgement of Solomon, showing him as guiding virtue of all judges, fresco, 1380-90, attributed to Giusto de Menabuoi, 1320-91, in the Salone of the Palazzo della Ragione, built 1218-1306, in Padua, Veneto, Italy. The building was previously the city hall, market and law courts and contained frescoes attributed to Giotto which were destroyed in 1420. It is decorated with a fresco cycle 1425-40 by Niccolo Miretto and Stefano de Ferrare, based on astrological studies by Pietro d'Abano. The palace forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen