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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1868,0328.369
Title
Series:
The Seven Virtues
Description
Temperance (Temperantia); an allegorical figure with the attributes of temperance stands in the centre foreground (clock on her head, bit in her mouth, eyeglasses in her hand, and the blade of a windmill below her foot); around her are representatives of the Seven Liberal Arts, over whom she governs; first state before reworking of inscription; after Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 1560 Engraving
Producer name
Attributed to:
Philips Galle
After:
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Published by:
Hieronymus Cock
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1560
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
221 millimetres
Width:
288 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For comment on the series see 1868,0328.372. The preparatory drawing is in Museum Boymans-Beuningen, Rotterdam, signed and dated 1560
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(19.I)
(Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
Bastelaer 1908 / Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien
(138)
Lebeer 1969 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'ancien
(37)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(138)
(after Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
Riggs 1977 / Hieronymus Cock, Printmaker and Publisher
(32)
Lippincott 1999 / The Story of Time
(p.181, cat.219)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
1999/2000 Dec-Sep, London, National Maritime Museum, Story of Time
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Colnaghi
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Rendorfer
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Esdaile
(L.2617)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
R Brandt
(L.2191)
Acquisition date
1868
Acquisition notes
"Rendorfer sale/1825" annoted on reverse lower l of print, followed by Esdaile's collector's mark, indicating the place and date of his acquisition of this print
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1868,0328.369