Charity
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Summary
Charity is a painting[1]. Charity ranks in the top 6% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (119 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Piero del Pollaiuolo[3]
- Commissioned by: Tribunale della Mercanzia[4]
- Movement: Early Renaissance[5]
- Genre: allegory[6]
- Depicts: woman[7], sitting[8], charity[9], dress[10], sandal[11], breastfeeding[12], fire[13], throne[14], toplessness[15]
- Made from material: oil paint[16], panel[17], tempera[18]
- Collection: Uffizi Gallery[19]
- Inventory number: 00158557 A 1[20]
- Location: Uffizi Gallery[21]
- Inception: 1469[22]
- Significant event: order[23]
- Main subject: charity[24]
- Described at URL: https://www.uffizi.it/opere/carita-piero-pollaiolo[25], https://web.archive.org/web/20240626235222/http://www.amicidegliuffizi.it/files/giornale/Giornale%20Uffizi%20%2039.pdf[26]
- Height: 168 cm[27]
- Width: 90.5 cm[28]
- Copyright status: public domain[29]
Why It Matters
Charity has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Charity is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]