Allegory of Temperance
Artist: Alonso Berrughete (Spanish, 1488-1561)
Date: 1513-1516
Medium: Oil on panel
Collection: Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Description
This painting is among the few known works from Berruguete’s formative years in Florence and Rome, the latter depicted in the background. The bridle bit, the hand on the breast and the laurel wreath allude to the subjugation of the instincts by reason and temperament.













