Patience Issia, Giorgio Vasari
The woman, huddling in the cold, personifies the virtue of patience. She waits as drops from the water clock, ever so slowly, wear out the stone, while the inscribed motto translates as 'enduring patience'. The monumentality of the figure and iridescent colours are indebted to Michelangelo, who likely provided its design.
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