Prudence (Prudentia), from the series The Seven Virtues
Artist(s) / maker(s)
Pieter I Bruegel (after),
Philips Galle (engravers (printmakers))
,
Hieronymus Cock (publisher)
Date
ca. 1559 - 1562Period
16th centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The female personification of Prudence (Prudentia) holds her mirror in one hand, a coffin in the other and has a sieve on her head. She is surrounded by a variety of scenes illustrating this virtue, as in storing food and supplies, putting out fire and calling the doctor when someone is ill. Below the depiction is a two-line caption in…
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The female personification of Prudence (Prudentia) holds her mirror in one hand, a coffin in the other and has a sieve on her head. She is surrounded by a variety of scenes illustrating this virtue, as in storing food and supplies, putting out fire and calling the doctor when someone is ill. Below the depiction is a two-line caption in Latin.
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