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The Seven Virtues

Engraving
1590-1612 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Seven Virtues (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Crispin van de Passe the elder, Hope. Plate from a suite of seven representing the seven virtues, consisting of figures in lettered ovals, with ornamental strapwork. Dutch, 1590-1612.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 8.2cm
  • To plate mark width: 6.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the upper centre of the plate: 'SPES'
  • Lettered in the oval encircling the figure in the centre of the plate: 'Quae cupit expectat mutis ...naufragus oret opem'
  • Signed in the lower centre of the plate: 'Crispin de Pass - fecit et excudit'
Bibliographic references
  • Franken, D. L'Oeuvre gravé des van de Passe (Paris: F. Muller et Cie, 1881), nos.993.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H., et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1964): vol. XV, no.413.
Collection
Accession number
22775

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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