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Prudence

Print
1530-1562 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Virgil Solis (printmaker)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (printed)

An engraving depicting the female personification of Prudence standing in a cityscape. To her right is a book and to her left is a dragon.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Allegory
Object type
Print
TitlePrudence (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Print by Virgil Solis, Prudence, plate from a series of personifications of 8 virtues set in landscapes, German, 1530-1562
Physical description
An engraving depicting the female personification of Prudence standing in a cityscape. To her right is a book and to her left is a dragon.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 6.6cm
  • Cut to width: 8.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the upper left of the plate: 'PRVDENCIA'
  • Signed with the monogram 'VS' in the centre left of the plate.
Subjects depicted
Prudence
Dragon
Prudence
Bibliographic references
  • Peters, Jane S., ed. The Illustrated Bartsch, 19 (Part 1). German masters of the sixteenth century: Virgil Solis: Intaglio Prints and Woodcuts. New York: Abaris Books, 1985. No. 208.
  • Beaujean, Dieter., Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004): vol. 63, Virgil Solis, Part I, no.95.
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1988, no. 454.5.
  • Peters, Jane S., ed. The Illustrated Bartsch, 19 (Part 1). German masters of the sixteenth century: Virgil Solis: Intaglio Prints and Woodcuts. New York: Abaris Books, 1985. No. 58.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.294-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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