PORTA, Guglielmo della
(b. ca. 1505, Porlezza, d. 1577, Roma)

Allegories of Roman Peace and Public Wealth

1549-75
Marble
Palazzo Farnese, Rome

The reclining figures of the two allegories - Roman Peace and Public Wealth - were removed in 1628 from the tomb of Pope Paul III and now flank a fireplace by Vignola in a salon on the piano nobile of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome.