Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Peaceful City, detail from Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country, east wall, Sala della Pace,
Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy, 1338–1339. Fresco.
In the Hall of Peace (fig. 14-16A) of Siena’s city hall (fig. 14-15), Ambrogio Lorenzetti painted an illusionistic panorama of the bustling city. The fresco
served as an allegory of good government in the Sienese republic.