Definitions for: Virtu


[n] objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)
[n] artistic quality
[n] love of or taste for fine objects of art



Webster (1913) Definition: Vir*tu" (?; 277), n. [It. virt[`u] virtue, excellence,
from L. virtus. See Virtue.]
A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities. --J.
Spence.

An article, or piece, of virtu, an object of art or
antiquity; a curiosity, such as those found in museums or
private collections.

I had thoughts, in my chambers to place it in view,
To be shown to my friends as a piece of virt[`u].
--Goldsmith.

Synonyms: connoisseurship, vertu, vertu

See Also: appreciation, discernment, objet d'art, perceptiveness, quality, taste

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