The pale earnest faces of the horsemen are eminently chivalrous, with knightly honour written on their calm and fearless features.

Peace, reclining at ease upon her pillow, is a lovely woman in loose raiment, her hair wreathed with blossoms, in her hand an olive branch, her feet reposing upon casque and shield.

She is like a painted statue, making us wonder whether the artist had not copied her from the "Aphrodite" of Lysippus, ere the Sienese destroyed this statue in their dread of paganism[147].
In the other two panels of this hall Ambrogio Lorenzetti painted the contrast of good and bad government, harmony and discord.

A city full of brawls and bloodshed is set in opposition to one where the dance and viol do not cease.

Merchants are plundered as they issue from the gates on one side; on the other, trains of sumpter mules are securely winding along mountain paths.