Personifications of Virtues

Artworks depicting women as personifications of various virtues, characterized by classical drapery and symbolic elements in intricate engravings.

Italy, Monogrammist FP (Italy; 16th century), Woman with jugs and pitchers, verso - stamped, A standing woman with a jug in both hands. With one of the jugs she pours water into a pitcher., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 105 mm, width 74 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1500 - 1599, paper, papier, etching, etchings

A young woman personifying Force or Strength holding a column ca. 1517-27 Marcantonio Raimondi Italian. A young woman personifying Force or Strength holding a column 342641

Woman as a personification of caution (prudentia) with snake and mask; Seven virtues ..

Sibille a draperie sticking above the shoulder, Lambertus Suavius, 1520 - 1567 print A Sibille, standing in a niche, holds a drapery above her right shoulder. Southern Netherlands paper engraving sibyls

Woman in Wapping robe pulls her hair, Marcantonio Raimondi (attributed to), after Francesco di Francia, 1510 - 1527 print paper engraving pulling out one's hair

Italy, Monogrammist FP (Italy; 16th century), Woman with jugs and pitchers, verso - stamped, A standing woman with a jug in both hands. With one of the jugs she pours water into a pitcher., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 105 mm, width 74 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1500 - 1599, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Angel with attributes of hermit, Christoffel van Sichem (II), after Abraham Bloemaert, 1644 print Angel with attributes who needs a recluse or hermit for leading an ascetic life such as a cross, rosary, Bible and whip. Amsterdam paper letterpress printing angels. anchorite, hermit

An Angel 1529-92 Bartolomeo Passarotti (Passerotti) Italian. An Angel 340446

Copper engraving by Agostino Veneziano depicting Apollo from Belvedere, showing figure, classical posture, and mythological attributes, 1515-1527.

Wenceslaus Hollar after Parmigianino, Standing Figure Standing Figure

Flora or proserpina; Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Standing woman, possibly flora or proserpina, with lilies in the right hand and in the left-hand branches with other flowers. Bottom left a three-legged text in Latin.

Forward running man, draughtsman: Parmigianino, 1513 - 1529, paper, h 272 mm × w 162 mm

Astrology, one of the seven liberal arts, an allegorical presentation of astronomy, or astrology as one of the seven liberal arts. The figure holds a celestial globe and a circle, typical tools of this discipline, by Lucas Kilian from 1606, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century model, exact date of depiction unknown, historical

Print made by Adamo 'Ghisi' Scultori, ca.1530-1585, Joatham, Ancestor of Christ, 1550 to 1585. Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Glistry (Gula), Jacob Matham, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1593 print Personification of gluttony, depicted as a thick female figure with a pie, standing in a niche. Haarlem paper engraving Gluttony, intemperance, 'gula'; 'Gola', 'Ingordigia', 'Ingordigia overo aviditè', 'voracitè (Ripa) ~ Personification of one of the seven deadly sins

Engel with Doornenkroon, Petrus Clouwet, After Peter Paul Rubens, 1639 - 1670 print The print shows an angel. He leans on a pillar. In his left hand the thorn crown. The series consists of prints based on paintings by Peter Paul Rubens. paper engraving crown of thorns ~ instruments of the Passion (+ angel(s))

Assumption of the Virgin. Artist: After Guido Reni (Italian, Bologna 1575-1642 Bologna). Dimensions: 10 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (26.7 × 19.4 cm). Date: 1575-1642. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Personification of gluttony, represented like a thick female figure with a pie, standing in a niche.

Depicts an allegorical figure representing Strength, created as a Clair-Obscur woodcut on two plates by Antonio da Trento between 1520 and 1550.

Rubens, Peter Paul () (fairly certain), work, Saint Magdalene, (1000 - 2000), etching, graphic, plate width 10.2 cm, plate height 13.8 cm, leaf width 10.6 cm, leaf height 14.2 cm

Crying Child, print maker: Gerard de Lairesse, Amsterdam, 1670 - 1680, paper, h 77 mm × w 47 mm

Copper engraving by Agostino Veneziano illustrating chastity, showing a female figure in a modest pose with symbolic gestures, created between 1515 and 1530.

David, François Perrier, after Michelangelo, 1633 print paper etching piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. story of David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17)

Estius, Franco, Goltzius, Hendrick, Haarlem, Matham, Jacob, The Seven Deadly Sins, Anger (Ira), verso lower left - stamped, Personification of anger, depicted as a female figure with helmet and sword, standing in a niche., print, prints, height 320 mm, width 165 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1593 - 1593, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1558-01 - 1617-01-01, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, writer

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Goltzius, Hendrick, Matham, Jacob, The virtues, Hope (Spes), The personified Hope; a female figure with a falcon on her hand, looking up, an anchor at her feet., print, prints, height 218 mm, width 143 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1589, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1558-01 - 1617-01-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Geometry. 1500 - 1550. Beham, Hans Sebald, 1500-1550. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Giovanni Antonio da Brescias 'Venus' (late 15th-early 16th century) is a copper engraving depicting the goddess Venus, emphasizing figure, posture, and drapery.

Juno. Dated: c.1610. Dimensions: sheet: 14.3 x 11.4 cm (5 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.) (trimmed to plate mark). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Abraham Bloemaert.

MaTigheid (Temperancia), Hans Sebald Beham, 1539 print Winged woman as personification of moderation (temperancia) with two barrels paper engraving Temperance, 'Temperantia'; 'Temperanza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Juno with Pauw, Cornelis Jacobsz. Drebbel, after Karel van Mander, 1598 print An image of the goddess Juno with her peacock, placed in a niche. Juno holds a pomegranate and a scepter with a cuckoo in her hands. She has a crown on her head. With a Latin caption. print maker: NetherlandsHaarlem paper engraving (story of) Juno (Hera). attributes of Juno (with NAME)

H. Agnes, Willem Panneels, after Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1610 - 1634 print The H. Agnes with palm branch and lamb, looking up to heaven. Antwerp paper etching / engraving the virgin martyr Agnes of Rome; possible attributes: lamb, ring

Avril 18th century After Hubert François Gravelot French. Avril 399393

African, Louis's serve, After Gastons (II), 1709 print Statue in the gardens of Versailles. The female personification of Africa, crowned with corals, an arc in hand. A lion on her feet. In the margin a caption in French. Paris paper etching / engraving Africa represented allegorically; 'Africa' (Ripa). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Castle of Versailles

Depiction of Saint Joseph in a landscape by Battista Agnolo del Moro, executed in ink with feather and laved technique, showing figure, angels, and landscape elements.

Lucretia naked and seated before a window, a dagger in her right hand and holding drapery in her left ca. 1535-67 Enea Vico Italian. Lucretia naked and seated before a window, a dagger in her right hand and holding drapery in her left 397616

Woman with flowers, anonymous, 1550 - 1649 print A standing woman in a landscape with flowers in hand. Italy paper etching adolescent, young woman, maiden. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

. John the Baptist as a child. He is wearing a crucifix over the left shoulder.

Sitting woman with a child on shot; Paintings in the Sixtin Chapel. Figures from Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Numbered at the bottom right: 58.

Allegorical Figure of Meekness or Saint Agnes. Follower of Rosso Fiorentino; Italian, 1494-1540. Date: 1545-1551. Dimensions: 240 x 158 mm (max.). Red chalk on oval-shaped ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Cold needle engraving 'Behold the Man' by Albrecht Dürer, 1512, depicting Christ with detailed composition and expressive figure.

Studies of a Reclined Woman on a Seashell, for the Triumph of Galatea (recto and verso) ca. 1692 Paolo De Matteis Italian Acquired in 1968 as a work by Mattia Preti (1613-1699), this double-sided drawing was brilliantly recognized as a work by the Neapolitan Baroque painter and drafstman Paolo De Matteis by Jacob Bean in 1979 and - in the same year - by Erich Schleier (see here 'References' for full updated bibliography). Bean connected the study with the "Triumph of Galatea", a painting signed and dated by De Matteis in 1692, now in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan but originally displayed in the convent of Santa Giustina, Padua (oil on canvas, 125 x 127 cm, Reg. Cron. 610: on this painting see Linda Martino in 'Civiltà del Seicento a Napoli,' 1984, no. 29). Bean identified on the art market a second autograph study by De Matteis for the same reclining figure of Galatea, drawn in black chalk and brown wash (Christie's London, November 26, 1973, no. 290). The verso of the sheet, drawn en

Standing Female Figure ca. 1739-40 Pierre Ignace Parrocel French. Standing Female Figure 385754

Proserpina with flowers; Gods and Goddesses. Proserpina with the flowers she picked into the meadow just before she was robbed by Pluto, the God of the underworld. Under the NIS, the inscription SVM DEA Tartarei Conivx Proserrina Regis that identifies her as the woman of Pluto, the king of Tartarus. Copy to a print of Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio.

Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). "Christ standing on the globe". Chisel. 1546. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 123050-21 Chisel, 16th 16th XVI 16th 16th 16 Center

St. Andrew. 1401 - 1500. Schongauer, Martin, 15th cent.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Philosophy (from the Tarocchi, series C: Liberal Arts, #28), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century). Engraving, hand-colored with gold;

Venus, Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1597 print Venus, with a burning heart next to her amor with arrow and arch and in her hand. To the left of her head the astronomical symbol for her planet. Standing in an oval cartouche with at the top of the two signs of the zodiac: Libra and Taurus. Haarlem paper engraving Venus (planet). Venus and her children ('Planetenkinder'). Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Judith her sword raised in her right hand, placing the head of Holofernes in the sack with her left ca. 1542-45 Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) Italian. Judith her sword raised in her right hand, placing the head of Holofernes in the sack with her left 396456

The Virgin of Sorrows: Angel; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, now separated. Artist: Engraved by Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520-1582 Mantua). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 13/16 × 2 1/4 in. (7.2 × 5.7 cm). Date: by 1575. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Autumn. Artist: After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499-1546 Mantua); Battista Angolo del Moro (Italian, Verona ca. 1515-ca. 1573 Murano). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 3 7/16 in. (23.8 × 8.7 cm). Date: 1530-73. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Strength, Lucas van Leyden, 1530 print Personification of Deugd Power: Woman sitting between two parts of a column, Putti holds circular band above her head. Low Countries paper engraving Fortitude, 'Fortitudo' ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Phlegmatic temperament, the four different temperaments, documented on human types. The four temperaments are the sanguine, the choleric, the phlegmatic and the melancholic temperament, 1767, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Jupiter, Pluto and Neptune Offering their Riches to Fortune. Artist: Pierre Brebiette (French, Mantes-sur-Seine ca. 1598-1642 Paris); After Claude Vignon (French, Tours 1593-1670 Paris). Dimensions: 9 15/16 x 6 1/8 in. (25.2 x 15.6 cm) (clipped impression). Date: 1624. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pomona with a burning sacrifice, Jan de Bisschop, After Anonymous, 1638 - 1671 print The goddess Pomona with a bundle of branches with fruits in her arm runs towards a burning sacrifice column. paper etching Pomon

Altdorfer, Albrecht, Germany, Christ Child on a Rainbow, verso bottom center - handwritten, The Christ Child as Salvator Mundi standing on a rainbow. The orb in his left hand, with his right hand he makes a blessing gesture. Printed from a damaged plate., print, prints, 35, height 73 mm, width 43 mm, 1480 - 1538, print maker, printmaker, 1506 - 1538, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Figure fatte da cinque punti obbligati. Dated: c. 1796. Dimensions: sheet: 45.4 × 29.8 cm (17 7/8 × 11 3/4 in.). Medium: complete set of thirteen etchings in sanguine on laid paper, bound at top center with a single piece of string. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: CARLO LABRUZZI.

Saint Philip standing with a book under his right arm, from 'Christ and the Apostles'. Artist: Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510-1563 Venice). Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/16 x 4 5/16 in. (20.5 x 11 cm). Series/Portfolio: Christ and the Apostles. Date: ca. 1548-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Procris Bespiedt Cephalus, Georg Pencz, 1539 print Procris hides in the scrub to spy Cephalus during hunting, but Cephalus hears rustles and focuses on her. paper engraving CEPHALUS and Procris

Copper engraving from 1500-1540 depicting Lucretia, representing the Roman noblewoman in Renaissance art.

The Seven Vices: Avarice, c. 1510. Hans Burgkmair (German, 1473-1531). Woodcut;

Apostle Simon Zelotes with saw, Marcantonio Raimondi, After Rafaël, 1517 - 1527 print paper engraving the apostle Simon Zelotes (or Simon the Canaanite); possible attributes: book, saw, scroll

A red chalk and feather drawing by Pellegrino Tibaldi depicting a young man holding a water vessel to the right, executed with laved technique.

Statue of Bacchus with lying lion, François Perrier, after Joachim von Sandrart (I), 1633 print paper etching (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

Leda and the swan. Artist: Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531-after 1576). Dimensions: sheet: 6 x 2 3/8 in. (15.2 x 6 cm). Date: ca 1531-76. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Marble statue of Venus Callipyge, or the Aphrodite Kallipygos, 1st century BC Roman copy of a 4th century BC Greek bronze original. Now in the Naples National Archaeological Museum. Veneris Calliopyges 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.

Young; Beham, Sebald (1500-1550); 16th century (1500-00-00-1600-00-00);

Saint Sebastian tied to tree pierced with arrows, from the series 'Piccoli Santi' (Small Saints). Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()). Dimensions: 1 15/16 x 3 1/4 in. (4.9 x 8.2 cm). Date: ca. 1500-1527. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Judith, from Celebrated Women of the Old Testament 1568-96 Jost Amman Swiss. Judith, from Celebrated Women of the Old Testament 399015

Diana, Black crayon on paper, Half-figure. Shown leaning with the right forearm on a rock. The right hand holds the spear. Framing line., France, 1650-1700, Drawing, Drawing

Kneeling Angel With Hands Outstretched ca. 1700-1750 Attributed to Pedro Duque Cornejo For the attribution of this drawing to the sculptor Pedro Duque Cornejo, see M. García Luque, 'Dibujos de Duque Cornejo en el Álbum Jaffe (I): la colección del Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philiostrato. Revista de Historia y Arte, no. 3, 2018, cat.no. 37.. Kneeling Angel With Hands Outstretched 336600

Urania. Dated: c. 1465. Dimensions: sheet: 17.8 x 10 cm (7 x 3 15/16 in.). Medium: engraving with gilding. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the E-Series Tarocchi.

Standing man with his right arm resting on a tree stump, Lambert Lombard, 1552 drawing paper. ink pen / brush standing figure

Flora. Enea Vico (Italy, Parma, 1523-1567). Italy, circa 1561. Prints; engravings. Engraving

The fifth foolish Virgin, Martin Schongauer, c. 1470 - 1491 print One of the five foolish virgins from the biblical parable, seen on the back, an oil lamp reversed in the hand, rubbing with the other hand in her eye. This print is part of a series of ten prints, five with wise virgins and five with foolish virgins. Germany paper engraving representation of foolish virgin(s)

Drawing, Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of William Russell, First Duke of Bedford; Hubert-François Gravelot (French, active England, 1699 - 1773); France; pen and ink, brush and wash, black chalk, red crayon on paper; 37 × 23 cm (14 9/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Juno. Juno sitting on a cloud cover, accompanied by her symbol the peacock. In her hand she holds a scepter. As a woman of the supporters Jupiter, she wears a crown. In the background you can see how Juno gets through a few peacocks on her car. Under the cloud cover Mercurius is head of the hundred-eyed giant Argus, who had to guard Juno Io. A four-line caption in Latin in the margin.

Bacchus standing in a niche holding grapes in his raised right hand, fruit in his left hand, a dog lower right ca. 1515-27 Marco Dente Italian. Bacchus standing in a niche holding grapes in his raised right hand, fruit in his left hand, a dog lower right 342493

Flora.

Young Mother feeds her child with suction bottle, Louis Bernard Coclers, 1756 - 1817 print unknown paper etching head-gear: cap (+ women's clothes). feeding a baby

Foolish cap on the rug, Jacques de Gheyn (II) (Workshop of), After Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 print A fool, half -shaped, in oval -shaped frame, a fool -hood hanging on the back and a marot (club with a bust of itself at the end) in the hands. This object is the right part of a print of two fools in oval accelerations, with a Lartinian inscription and the Dutch translation thereof between the ovals. print maker: Leidenprint maker: Netherlandspublisher: Leiden paper engraving court jester, court fool

Copper engraving by Tarocchimeister depicting the allegorical figure 'Strength', created before 1467.

Saint Lucy; Fra Paolino (Paolo del Signoraccio), Italian, about 1490 - 1547; Italy, Europe; about 1525 - 1530; Black and white chalk; 46 x 27.1 cm (18 1/8 x 10 11/16 in.)

Swabian School, The Angel of the Annunciation, 1480s, pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper

Faith, Lucas van Leyden, 1530 print Personification of Deugd Faith: Naked woman with cross in the left hand and bogkelk with host in the right, angel holds circular bond above her head, there are two books at her feet. Low Countries paper engraving Faith, 'Faith'; "Fed ',' Faith Catholic ',' Fed Christian ',' Fed Christian Catholic Church '(Ripa) ~ One of the Three Theological virtues

Annibale Carracci, Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, c 1591 Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Waternimf Linope; Lynope; Stroom- en waternimfen; Nimpharum oceanitidum, ephydridum potamidum naiadum.The water nymph Linope, mother of Narcissus. In the background Narcissus. The print is part of a seventeen-part series about electricity and water nymphs.

Caution, Francesco Villamena, After Jacopo Zuccaro, c. 1576 - 1624 print Personification of caution (prudentia) with a round mirror in hand. Italy paper engraving Prudentia (Prudence) as Roman personification

Fortuna crowned by Jupiter, with Pluto and Neptunus, 1624 print Jupiter offers the blindfolded Fortuna a crown and a laurel wreath, Pluto holds a large, filled scale for her with coins and chains; Neptunus offers its pearls and coral. paper etching Fortuna as Roman personification. (story of) Jupiter (Zeus). (story of) Neptune (Poseidon). (story of) Pluto (Hades), Dis Pater, Orcus. crown (symbol of sovereignty). coin

Master IB, Spes (Hope) Spes (Hope)

A woman representing Temperance holding a bit facing left ca. 1510-27 Marcantonio Raimondi Italian. A woman representing Temperance holding a bit facing left 397738

Standing Figure in Oriental Costume. Artist: attributed to Sebastiano Bombelli (Italian, Udine 1635-1719 Venice). Dimensions: 13 7/16 x 8 3/8in. (34.1 x 21.3cm). Date: 1635-1719.Standing figure in Oriental costume, made out of light-colored fabric with an elaborate pattern of scrolling leaves, worn under a cape, with a band across the chest, and a belt tied around the hips. The head is covered by a turban with thin, golden stripes. The boots are bordered with golden details, matching with the rest of the costume. The mannered, somewhat theatrical pose of the heavily draped and turbaned figure recalls Claude Vignon's Femmes Fortes, engraved by Jean Mariette as illustrations for a book by Père Pierre Le Moyne that appeared in 1647, likely inspiring this design. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Seated Philosopher. (Diogenes). Parmigianino, 1503-1540. 1767 - 1820. Cesare Massimiliano Gini, Conte, 1737-1821. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Copper engraving by Tarocchimeister depicting the allegorical figure representing Mercury, created before 1467.

Standing woman with hat, wearing a basket, draughtsman: Johannes Christiaan Schotel, 1797 - 1838, paper, h 315 mm × w 196 mm

A Draped Bearded Man Looking Up n.d. David-Pierre Giottino Humbert de Superville Dutch. A Draped Bearded Man Looking Up 387053

Bust of a Warrior Made 1585-1589 Netherlands. Netherlandish artists like Hendrick Goltzius studied Classical antiquity to understand the ideal representation of the human face and body. They also turned to Classical inspirations to develop their own imaginative repertoire, as reflected in this rendering of a warrior.. Black chalk, with red chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk, ruled with pen and black ink, on cream laid paper . Hendrick Goltzius

Depicts Polymnia, the muse of sacred poetry, from the 'S' Tarot series by Tarocchimeister, created around 1485 as a copper engraving. Shows figure, attributes, and symbolic details.

Young Sater with a torch ..

Holy Jakobus the Multiple, monogrammist FP (Italy; 16th century), After Schiavone, After Antonio da Trento, After Parmigianino, c. 1520 - 1600 print paper etching the apostle James the Great; possible attributes: book, pilgrim's cloak, hat, shell, staff, and wallet, scroll, sword

Chalk and white grown on gray-blue paper drawing by Federico Barocci depicting Temperantia, a female nude figure pouring liquid from a raised left hand into a two-handled glass vessel, glued to gray paper in an irregular cutout format.

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