1594 (Published)
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| Place of origin |
Plate 2.
The figure of Hope is shown with her hands in prayer and her eyes raised to the heavens, at her feet is an anchor.
The figure of Hope is shown with her hands in prayer and her eyes raised to the heavens, at her feet is an anchor.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Engraving |
| Brief description | Nicolaes de Bruyn. Hope, plate from a suite of four prints showing personifications of four heavenly virtues within an oval frame set within a border of grotesque ornament. Flemish, 1594. |
| Physical description | Plate 2. The figure of Hope is shown with her hands in prayer and her eyes raised to the heavens, at her feet is an anchor. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Lettered in the lower centre of the plate between the margin and the plate mark:
'2 Nic de B fe (illegible) excu' (Part of the inscription has been worn away.) |
| Object history | Duplicate of V&A inventory number 12835.2. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 13859:2 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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