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M. KNOEDLER & CO. 556-558 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. PARIS, 23 PLACE VENDÔME. LONDON, 15 OLD BOND STREET. CABLE ADDRESSES KNOEDLER NEW YORK PARIS LONDON [handwritten in red ink] Paintings #198 and #199, Red Book folio 120 [blue stamp] OFFICE OF H. C. FRICK RECEIVED MAY 15 1912 FORWARDED _______ REFERRED_______ ANSWERED_______ Between Virtue and Vice by Paul Veronese 1528- 1588 size 66 in W. by 86 in. H on Canvas Description These three figures are an allegory in which many think that Veronese himself is represented, but it is more likely the person for whom the picture was painted. Vice in the figure of a woman, with the hands of a harpie, is holding a pack of cards and leans toward a man who is fleeing from her. He throws himself into the arms of virtue, who approaches and holds him. Vice is seated, and underneath her drapery is perceived the bust of a sphinx and a poignard. Figuratively the sphinx is an impenetrable person, an individual capable of inventing difficult questions and problems, an enigma [end page 1 of 9]