Personifications of Virtue and Humanity

This collection features engravings personifying virtues like Justice, Moderation, Humility, and others, showcasing figures in classical attire with symbolic elements and Latin text.

Master I.I.CA (Italian, active c. 1500-1520), Justice, c. 1520, engraving

Master I.I.CA (Italian, active c. 1500-1520), Justice, c. 1520, engraving

Moderation; Seven virtues. Personification of maturity. Woman pointing with her left hand, in her right hand, a banner with a picture of a fish. At the top right a coat of arms with a salamander in the fire, above a bird. Under the show a two-legged text in Latin. Fifth print from a series of seven.

Reuk, Hendrick Goltzius (possibly), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1576 - 1580 print Print from a series of five. A personification of one of the five senses can be seen on each magazine. Two lines of Latin under each print from this series. paper engraving smell, smelling (one of the five senses)

Humility; Seven virtues. Personification of humility. Woman standing with a ruin, in her left hand, a banner with an image of the man of sorrows, next to her a lamb. In the upper left book a coat of arms with Michael that beats the devil on top of a bird. Under the show a two-legged text in Latin. First print from a series of seven.

Saint Martin and Beggar. Artist: After Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1546-1611 Prague); Zacharias Dolendo (Netherlandish, 1561-ca. 1604). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 5 7/16 in. (25.3 × 13.8 cm). Publisher: Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565-1629 The Hague). Date: late 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A 1596 copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius titled 'Hearing', representing the sense of hearing through human figures and symbolic gestures in a classical composition.

Face, 1576 - 1580 print Print from a series of five. A personification of one of the five senses can be seen on each magazine. Two lines of Latin under each print from this series. paper engraving sight, looking (one of the five senses)

Woman as personification of moderation (temperantia) with Breidel standing in NIS, Marcantonio Raimondi, After Rafaël, 1510 - 1527 print paper engraving Temperance, 'Temperantia'; 'Temperanza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Callisto hunting with drawn bow, after Parmigianino). Artist: After Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503-1540 Casalmaggiore); Antonio Belemo (Italian (active Venice), active first half 18th century). Dimensions: sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (16.6 x 11.5 cm). Date: 1720-1740. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Patience; Design drawings for the seven virtues. Design for a print.

Sacred Sebastian tied to tree with arrows in body, anonymous, after Marcantonio Raimondi, 1500 - 1575 print paper engraving the martyr Sebastian; possible attributes: arrow(s), bow, tree-trunk

Genius of the World, plate 33 from Genii and Virtues 1460-1470 Italy. The deck of fifty so-called Tarocchi are not tarots in the modern, fortune-telling sense, nor were they intended as playing cards. No cut-out impressions mounted for play are known, and they lack the suits and numbers of a regular deck. Instead, these delicately engraved didactic allegories are grouped in five numbered ranks describing the workings of the spheres of man, the muses, the liberal arts, the cosmos, and the heavens in order of increasing significance, and offer a didactic sequence to educate courtly youths or possibly university students, who could have used them as flashcards or a pamphlet.. Engraving on paper . Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

Success overcomes Gaarnity, 1550 - 1625 print The personification of generosity (liberalitas) has a stone and gives money to a beggar. She is standing with her foot on the personification of Gieriness (Avaritia) who lies on the floor in front of her with a money box under her arm and a stick fair. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about virtues and vices. paper engraving one Virtue fighting against or treading upon one Vice. Covetousness; 'Avaritia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Generosity, Liberality; 'Generosití', 'Liberalití' (Ripa)

David with the Head of Goliath Robert van Audenaerde Flemish. David with the Head of Goliath 400627

Charity, from The Virtues 1552 Heinrich Aldegrever German. Charity, from The Virtues 341200

Humility overcomes the pride; Seven virtues and seven vices. The personification of humility (tapinophrosyne) is sitting with a yoke in her hands and a lamb on her lap. She has put her foot on pride's personification (Superbia) that lies on the ground for her. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series of virtues and vices.

Humility overcomes the pride; Seven virtues and seven vices. The personification of humility (tapinophrosyne) is sitting with a yoke in her hands and a lamb on her lap. She has put her foot on pride's personification (Superbia) that lies on the ground for her. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series of virtues and vices.

A woodcut by Hans Burgkmair from around 1510 depicting the allegorical figure of Hope, shown with symbolic attributes in early 16th-century German print style.

Summer: Ceres with a cornucopia; The four Seasons. The presentation of the summer from a series with the four seasons. The Goddess Ceres is sitting on a stone and holds a cornucopia in her arms. Behind her are farmers working on grain harvest, right people are picking fruit in an orchard. Next to Ceres are the fruits of the harvest. A basket full of apples and some corners. Under the show a Latin fresh from an epigram from Anthologia Latina.

. The personal envisaged envy; An old woman figure with snakes like her, gnawing on a heart and with a snake in her hand. In addition to her a dog.

Diana (Luna) with constellation lobster; LVNA; Seven planets and constellations.The Goddess Diana or Luna As A Person's Personification With Her Planets Child The Constellation Lobster

Heilige Apollonia met Nijugtang met tand, Marcantonio Raimondi, 1500 - 1527 print paper engraving the virgin martyr Apollonia of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, palm-branch, tooth in pincers

Allegory on art. A woman with a pen in one hand and a writing table or plate in the other hand balances with a foot on a globe. Around her angel with symbols of the seven liberal arts. Above her head a pigeon (or heart with wings). Under the show four lines of Latin.

Standing woman next to a column, in a niche, as a personification of effect.

Wellust (Luxuria), Jacob Matham (attributed to), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1585 - 1589 print The Personified lust; A female figure with a bird and a flower branch in a landscape, a goat next to her. Haarlem paper engraving Lust, Luxury, 'Luxuria'; 'Lussuria' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Deadly Sins

Vigilance or care; Design drawings for the seven virtues. Design for a print.

Jupiter, Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1597 print Jupiter with lightning in his hand and at his feet are attribute: the eagle. In addition to his head, the astronomical symbol for his planet. Standing in an oval cartouche with at the top of the two signs of the zodiac: fish and archer. Haarlem paper engraving Jupiter and his children ('Planetenkinder')

Profeet Isaiah met papierrol en twee putti ; Journal of the Society of holy history Raphael, Urbino in terraces explicit sign of the picture ; Rafaël Bljbel . .

Chilon of Sparta.

The image from the dream of Nebuchadnezzar; Four illustrations for Spanish book. Copy to the print of the same name by Rembrandt.

Sol or Apollo. Dated: probably 1592. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hendrik Goltzius after Polidoro da Caravaggio.

Man of Sorrows by the Column, frontispiece from The Engraved Passion,. Albrecht Dürer; German, 1471-1528. Date: 1509. Dimensions: 119 x 74 mm (image/plate); 122 x 77 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Copper engraving by Nicoletto da Modena depicting Saint Sebastian, created in the first quarter of the 16th century.

Dirk Jakobsz. Vellert's 1524 copper engraving depicts Venus sailing in a shell, emphasizing classical form, gesture, and mythological context.

Retorica, Hans Sebald Beham, 1510 - 1550 print Winged woman as a personification of rhetoric is at Lessenaar and makes a gesture gesture with two hands paper engraving Rhetoric ',' eloquence '(~ trivium); "Rettorica '(Ripa)

Ferdinand, Duke of Bavaria.

Woman with flowers. A standing woman in a landscape with flowers in hand.

Fortuna; Design drawings for the deterrent series of various allegorical figures. Design for a print.

Sebald Beham, Mercury Mercury

Pallas Athene, Lucas van Leyden, 1528 - 1532 print Low Countries paper engraving (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

Callisto hunting with drawn bow, after Parmigianino) 1720-1740 Antonio Belemo Italian. Callisto hunting with drawn bow, after Parmigianino) 397297

Pallas Athene, Lucas van Leyden, 1528 - 1532 print paper engraving (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1489-1494 - 1533), The Savior Standing with the Globe and Cross in His Left Hand, c. 1510, engraving

Heinrich Aldegrever, Modesty, 1552 Modesty

Saint Christopher FacingLeft. Artist: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528

Simson, Jacob Matham (attributed to), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1585 - 1589 print Simson with a donkey jaw in his hand. In the background the scene in which Simson kills a thousand Philistines. Haarlem paper engraving Samson (not in biblical context); possible attributes: broken pillar, club, jawbone, lion's head, lion's pelt. with an ass's jaw-bone Samson slays a thousand Philistines. Samson and the jaw-bone of an ass (Judges 15:9-20)

Loica XXII Logic. Mantegna, Andrea, 1431-1506. 1550. Ladenspelder, Johann, approximately 1511-approximately 1580. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Charity; Seven virtues. Characteristification of charity. Woman with child on her left arm, in her right hand with a banner with a dog image. Stop a coat of arms with the lioness blowing her dead boy in air, on top of a lamb. Under the show a two-legged text in Latin. Sixth print from a series of seven.

The Tiburtine Sibyl standing in front of a balustrade. In her right hand she holds a writing tablet and with her left hand she points upward. Title and one line of Latin text in lower margin. Numbered lower left: 0., Tiburtine Sibille Sibylla Tyburtina Ten Sibyls (series title) Sibillaru decem (series title), print maker: Raffaello Schiaminossi, (mentioned on object), Raffaello Schiaminossi, Italy, 1609, paper, etching, h 191 mm - w 129 mm

Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Arias Montanus, Benedictus, Netherlands, Blocklandt, Anthonie, Sibyls, Sibylla Persica, Persian Sibyl, recto lower right - stamped, The Persian Sibyl sits on a rock. On her lap an open book. The print has a Latin caption and is the title print of a ten-part series on the Sibyls., print, title print, prints, verso bottom right - stamped, width 211 mm, height, 309 mm, South Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1575 - 1575, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1532 - 1583, after a design by, 1528 - 1598, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Lust, from the cycle: Vices. Pencz, Georg (ca 1500-1550), graphic artist

Hendrik Goltzius, Saint James the Less, probably 1589 Saint James the Less

A muse. Etching by F. Perrier.

Charity, from the Virtues. Heinrich Aldegrever; German, 1502-c.1560. Date: 1552. Dimensions: 104 x 62 mm (image/plate). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Sol; Eight classic gods. Sol, standing in a niche, a winch in his right hand, a bow in his left hand, over his shoulder a tube with arrows. This print is part of a series of eight prints of classical gods, based on POLIDORO DA CARAVAGIO paintings on the facade of a Roman house, seen and named by Goltzius in Rome.

Personification of Venice, Martial Desbois, After Carlo Cignani, 1640 - 1700 print paper etching / engraving personification of a city, town-patron(ess). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Venice

Saint Margaret standing, a dragon at the left, from the series 'Piccoli Santi' (Small Saints). Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()). Dimensions: 3 1/4 x 2 in. (8.3 x 5.1 cm). Date: ca. 1500-1527. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Saint Paul van Egypt as a recluse, Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1619 print Saint Paul van Egypt, also known as Paul the simple, as a recluse. On the Verso is a fragment of Dutch text from the edition. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Low Countriespublisher: Antwerp paper engraving Paul of Thebes, the first hermit; possible attributes: raven, two lions. anchorite, hermit

Saint Agatha tied to a tree, her breasts have been cut off, from the series 'Piccoli Santi' (Small Saints). Artist: Anonymous; After Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()). Dimensions: 3-1/4 x 1-7/8 in. (8.3 x 4.8 cm). Date: ca. 1500-1540. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Merits of study. Allegorical performance about the merits of hard study. A standing winged figure leans with his arm on a cornucopia. The figure points to a stack of books on the right.

War, Zacharias Dolendo, after Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1597 print Standing man in armor (Mars) with sword and shield. In the background on the right an army camp; On the left is a battle. No. 5 From a series of virtues and vices that determine the fate of life. Leiden paper engraving Horror, Abhorrence. Vicissitudes of Life. horrors of war

Copper engraving by an unknown Tarocchimeister, created before 1467, depicting the concept of logic through symbolic and geometric forms.

Allegory of Christianity, 1501 - 1600, Engravings, 3 x 1 7/8 in. (7.6 x 4.7 cm); Paper/Sheet 5 1/16 x 4 3/16 in. (12.8 x 10.6 cm), Attributes Stamped in black ink, verso V.A.B. Valentine Alexander Blacque (not in Lugt); in black ink, verso unidentified (Lugt 873a); in purple ink, verso illegible; Cream laid paper

Sculpture of a son of Niobe, Anonymous, 1584 Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving

Print made by John Hall, 1739-1797, British, Comedies, ca. 1776. Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper.

Horatius Codes, Keijzer, Hendrick Goltzius, 1829

Marcus Valerius Corvus; Roman heroes. The hero Marcus Valerius Corvus finished, seen on the back, his shield raised at his left shoulder. In the background you can see how he beats a galler with the help of a Raaf (Corvus).

Caution (prudentia) with mirror sitting on lion holds a dragon into a dragon. Young woman as Caution Personification (Prudentia) sitting on the back of a lion while looking in a mirror and holding a dragon at the neck.

Martin Schongauer, The Madonna, c 1490 1491 The Madonna

Greed, 1575 print Personification of stinginess in the form of a woman in antique gown, sitting in landscape by wall. In her right hand she holds a money pouch and with the left she grabs in a money box that stands next to her. In front of a frog. In the margin a single -line caption in Latin. paper engraving Covetousness; 'Avaritia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. purse, money-bag. money-chest, treasure-chest, money-box. tailless amphibians: frog

Diana the huntress acompanied by her dogs standing in a niche 16th century Giulio Bonasone Italian. Diana the huntress acompanied by her dogs standing in a niche 392829

Air, Johann Sadeler (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1560 - 1600 print The female personification of the element air. Clouds around her head. A chameleon on her feet. A blowing wind in the four corners. The print is part of a series with the four elements the subject. unknown paper engraving air (one of the four elements). winds. lizards: chameleon. winds. mountains

Copper engraving of Saint Apollonia by Marcantonio Raimondi, produced circa 1510-1520, depicting the martyr holding pincers, symbolizing her torture.

A copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting Venus, showing detailed figure work, mythological symbolism, and early 16th-century engraving technique.

Simson with a donkey jaw in his hand. In the background the scene in which Simson kills a thousand Philistines.

Saint Andrew. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 29.1 × 14.1 cm (11 7/16 × 5 9/16 in.). Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Bartolomeo Passarotti.

Allegory of Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, Governor of the Dutch East Indies. A female personification sits next to a pedestal with the governor's portrait. She holds a palm branch and a snake biting itself in the tail. Next to her is a horn of plenty. The frame with an irregular shape is crowned by the man's coat of arms with a banner on which the letters VOC (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) are legible. Beneath the scene is a Dutch poem of praise by Hendrik Snakenburg, Allegory of Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff Governor of the Dutch East Indies, print maker: François van Bleyswijck, (mentioned on object), Hieronymus van der Mij, (mentioned on object), Hendrik Snakenburg, (mentioned on object), Leiden, 1681 - 1746, paper, etching, h 198 mm × w 158 mm

Personification of mediocrity, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719

. The personal viscation; A women's figure with two snakes in her hand and a second face on her mind.

Woman with book and scepter as Personification of philosophy sitting on clouds and feet resting on globe with two putti next to her. Woman with book and scepter as Personification of philosophy sitting on clouds. Her feet rest on a globe and next to her hold two putti a text board with the text Chauxar. Cognitio.

Engel met doornenkroon; SS Apostolorum Iconen.The print shows an angel. He leans on a pillar. In his left hand the thorns crown. The series consists of prints based on paintings by Peter Paul Rubens.

Marble statue of Flora with garland, Roman Goddess of flowers and of the season of spring, Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris. Florae statua vetus marmorea. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Cannetti from Copperplates of the most beautiful ancient statues of Rome, Calcografia di piu belle statue antiche a Roma, engraved by Cannetti all'Arco della Ciambella, published by Gaetano Quojani, Rome, 1779.

Fides (Faith). Dated: 1530. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: LUCAS VAN LEYDEN.

Homerus met papierrol; Homeri Opera Graece et Latine.Homer is on a mountain with a paper roll in his hand. In the background two armies and in the distance a city. The Olympic gods in the clouds.

Saturn; Eight classic gods. Saturn, standing in a niche, a zeis in his left hand. Under the show a three-legged Latin caption. This print is part of a series of eight prints of classical gods, based on POLIDORO DA CARAVAGIO paintings on the facade of a Roman house, seen and named by Goltzius in Rome.

Portrait of Mohammed, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1701 print Portrait of Mohammed from a series of portraits in the history of the churches and Ketteren from the beginning of the new will until the year Onses Lord 1688 of Godfried Arnold (1701). Netherlands paper etching / engraving

Medallion which Venus with the Paris Apple in her hand and Amor by her side, print maker: Adriaen Collaert, 1570 - 1618

Industry, Jerome Cock, after frans flower (1), 1551 print Industria with a burning torch in her hand. She leans on a wooden plate, hanging over the plate bit and rein in front of a horse. A half -naked man with a hat is on her feet. In the background a landscape with Roman ruins and a city in the offing. Antwerp paper etching Industriousness, Assiduitity; 'Assiduity', 'Industry', 'Zelo' (Ripa) (+ Personification)

A copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting an allegory of Christianity, showing symbolic figures, composition, and 16th-century German engraving techniques.

Hendrik Goltzius, Saint Jude Thaddeus, probably 1589 Saint Jude Thaddeus

Envy, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552, Design for a print., draughtsman: Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552, paper, pen, brush, h 104 mm × w 62 mm

David; Figures from the Old Testament. David leans on the sword of Goliat and in his other hand he holds his head. In the background you can see how David goliat beats after he had hit him with a stone of his pendulum. In oval with a frame of laurel blades.

Marcus Valerius Corvus; Romeinse helden.The hero Marcus Valerius Corvus finished, seen on the back, his shield raised at his left shoulder. In the background you can see how he beats a galler with the help of a Raaf (Corvus). Under the show twice two fresh rules in Latin.

Master of Ceremonies with a Dog, plate one from the Large Wedding-Dancers Made 1538 Germany. The figures in Aldegreverís lively series of couples and musicians at a wedding show off daggers and swords as gentlemenís fashion accessories rather than as weapons. As the couples pivot, pace, and embrace, blades peek out at different angles, whether impeding intimacy or visually alluding to increasing amorousness. Moving from left to right in triumphal procession, dancers sway to the tune of trombonists in their wake.. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Heinrich Aldegrever

Artémise. Artist: Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/1604-1676 Paris); Gilles Rousselet (French, Paris 1614-1686 Paris); After Claude Vignon (French, Tours 1593-1670 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 14 x 8 3/8 in. (35.5 x 21.2 cm). Publisher: Published by Pierre Mariette (French, 1596-1657). Series/Portfolio: Les Merveilles du monde. Date: ca. 1639-40. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Saint Serapion Sindonita, Abraham Bloemaert, 1574 - 1651, draughtsman: Abraham Bloemaert, 1574 - 1651, paper, pen, brush, h 129 mm × w 107 mm

Three-plate brown clair-obscur woodcut by Antonio da Trento from 1524-1527 depicting Saint Simon with figure, drapery, and attributes, showing detailed religious composition.

Statue of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Pompey the Great, leading Roman general and statesman. He holds an orb and extends his right arm. Found during the 16th Century in Pompeius Theatre in Rome. Pompeii Magni statua vetus marmorea. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Cannetti from Copperplates of the most beautiful ancient statues of Rome, Calcografia di piu belle statue antiche a Roma, engraved by Cannetti all'Arco della Ciambella, published by Gaetano Quojani, Rome, 1779.

Attributed to Cherubino Alberti (formerly Cornelis Cort) after Lelio Orsi, An Archer Shooting a Crossbow, 1579 An Archer Shooting a Crossbow

Urania, plate twelve from Apollo and the Muses 1460-1470 Italy. The deck of fifty so-called Tarocchi are not tarots in the modern, fortune-telling sense, nor were they intended as playing cards. No cut-out impressions mounted for play are known, and they lack the suits and numbers of a regular deck. Instead, these delicately engraved didactic allegories are grouped in five numbered ranks describing the workings of the spheres of man, the muses, the liberal arts, the cosmos, and the heavens in order of increasing significance, and offer a didactic sequence to educate courtly youths or possibly university students, who could have used them as flashcards or a pamphlet.. Engraving on paper . Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

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