 As an allegory, the job of this painting is to convey a moral message, that of the superiority of virtue over vice.The genre of allegory contrasts with Veronese's well-known tableaus of historical and biblical scenes, such as the Marriage at Cana as well as with the less formal works of other Renaissance Venetian painters like Giorgione or Titian.This work, along with "Wisdom and Strength," also in the Frick Collection, is believed to be Veronese's first in this style.