Closer Look: Veronese’s “Choice Between Virtue and Vice”

In this episode of “Closer Look,” Cheyenne Willis, Ayesha Bulchandani Education Intern, examines Paolo Veronese’s “Choice Between Virtue and Vice,” on display on the third floor of Frick Madison. Cheyenne explores the morals implied by this allegorical scene, the myths that inspired it, and the aesthetic choices of the artist including the precious pigments he used. This is the final episode in a series of three, featuring the Education Department’s 2023 summer interns each taking an in-depth look at one object in our collection.
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0:29: Unknown publisher, reproduction of Paolo Veronese’s self-portrait detail from his “Feast in the House of Levi” (1573), ca. 1907-14, Watkinson Library, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. jstor.org/stab...
1:57: Annibale Carracci (1560-1609), “The Choice of Hercules,” 1596, oil on canvas, Capodimonte Gallery, Naples
4:24: “La Vénus de Milo (détail), Musée du Louvre,” ca. 1907-14, Watkinson Library, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. jstor.org/stab...
4:30: Lycian Sarcophagus, Gable Detail: Sphinx, early 4th century BCE, marble, Archaeological Museum, Istanbul. jstor.org/stab...
5:57: Paolo Veronese (1528-1588), ceiling painting of the Sala dell’Olimpo, Villa Barbaro, Maser, 1561-62, fresco. jstor.org/stab...
6:13: Paolo Veronese (1528-1588), south wall of the Sala dell’Olimpo, Villa Barbaro, Maser, 1561-62, fresco. jstor.org/stab...
9:13: Ignazio Danti (1536-1586), “Venice: Map of City,” 16th century. jstor.org/stab...
Producer: Cheyenne Willis
Director: Lisa Goble
Editor: Courtlin Byrd
Director of Photography: George Koelle
Audio Production: Sean Troxell
Research Assistance: Isabelle Fernandez
Editorial: Noah Purdy
© 2023 The Frick Collection

[@Juanablanca]

Wonderful analysis and presentation. Thank you Cheyenne!

[@suek3898]

Wonderful presentation! thank you!

[@billnickels6667]

Wow. So good to know this brilliant person is on the way to an amazing career. Congratulations to the Frick!

[@lordtherapeutics]

Thank you for such a beautiful, enlightening presentation, Cheyenne.

[@ioperl-strahan8255]

So interesting, loved this video. thank you

[@garywait3231]

Thanks for an excellent commentary and interpretation of this lovely painting, which I have often enjoyed, with its companion piece, at the Frick.

[@CynthiaPereira-g1d]

🙌🙌 Excellent talk!

[@Etherealisme]

Excellent presentation!

[@sem5768]

Wow! She’s insanely talented in her execution.

[@a-complished4406]

I have seen this piece in person last time in New York. Lovely presentation and comments. I like it even better now ❤

[@danieltorrez4993]

Thought-provoking observations in a pleasurably pleasant presentation!

[@cicchiamichael]

Bravo. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🥰🥰

[@itamardias17]

Well done! Thank you!

[@magicjoeblack5761]

Astounding. Respect.

[@johnlister463]

Well done !

[@jrdavisphd]

What a brilliant presenter.

[@johnnzboy]

Very interesting talk

[@cicchiamichael]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🙂