<P> The Allegory of Good and Bad Government is a series of three fresco panels painted by Ambrogio Lorenzetti between February 1338 and May 1339 . The paintings are located in Siena 's Palazzo Pubblico -- specifically in the Sala dei Nove ( `` Salon of Nine '' ) , the council hall of the Republic of Siena 's nine executive magistrates , elected officials who performed executive functions ( and judicial ones in secular matters ) . The paintings have been construed as being `` designed to remind the Nine ( magistrates ) of just how much was at stake as they made their decisions '' . </P>
who did the city council of siena commission to fresco the city hall with scenes of the government
Ambrogio Lorenzetti