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Prudence (Prudentia), from the series The Seven Virtues, ca. 1559 - 1562

  • burin engraving, paper
  • 226 x 294 mm
  • Inv. 2014-PH

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The female personification of Prudence (Prudentia) holds her mirror in one hand, a coffin in the other and has a sieve on her head. She is surrounded by a variety of scenes illustrating this virtue, as in storing food and supplies, putting out fire and calling the doctor when someone is ill. Below the depiction is a two-line caption in Latin.

Artist

Philips Galle RKD
Haarlem 1537 - Antwerp 1612
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Pieter I Bruegel RKD
Breda ca. 1526 - 1530 - Brussels 1569
after

Hieronymus Cock RKD
Antwerp 1518 - Antwerp 1570
publisherAAT

Title Prudence (Prudentia), from the series The Seven Virtues
Date ca. 1559 - 1562
Period 16th century
Location Antwerp TGN
Medium and support burin engraving AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings printed inscription in the depiction, below: H cock excu.
printed inscription below: PRVDENTIA
printed inscription in the depiction, below: Bruegel inuentor
printed inscription outside the depiction, below: SI PRVDENS ESSE CVPIS? IN FVTVRVM PROSPECTVM OSTENDE? ET / QVAE POSSVNT CONTINGERE? ANIMO TVO CVNCTA PROPONE
inscription on the reverse: H: 333 [...]
Collection print room
Object type burin engraving AAT
Inventory number 2014-PH
Acquisition credit
onbekend
2014
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-PH
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11755/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11M41 Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues Iconclass
11Q712 church (exterior) Iconclass
21C fire (one of the four elements) Iconclass
21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass
25H213 river Iconclass
31A231 standing figure Iconclass
31A235 sitting figure Iconclass
31A236 lying figure Iconclass
31A46 diseases Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31AA2321 leaning forward - AA - female human figure Iconclass
34B11 dog Iconclass
41A343 ladder Iconclass
41A7212 armchair, seat Iconclass
41A761 bed Iconclass
41A771 container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin, etc. Iconclass
41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass
41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass
41B12(FAGGOT) burning as process: faggot Iconclass
41B31 candle Iconclass
41C nutrition, nourishment Iconclass
41C1 eating and drinking Iconclass
41C11 eating Iconclass
41C69 meat; still life of meat Iconclass
41C691 slaughtered ox or pig Iconclass
41D267 purse, money-bag Iconclass
42E141 coffin Iconclass
43A44 bonfire, fire-works Iconclass
46A1632 money-chest, treasure-chest, money-box Iconclass
46B31 money Iconclass
46B311 coin Iconclass
46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass
46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass
46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass
47I17(STRAW) agricultural products and by-products: straw Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
49G1 physician, doctor Iconclass
49G2 patient, sick person Iconclass
School / Style Renaissance AAT
Bruegel de Oude (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]
Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. III. Boekhorst - Brueghel / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 (279)
Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. IV. Brun - Coques / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 (187)
Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. V. Cornelisz. - Dou / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978
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