Charity, from the Cardinal Virtues
The female figure Charity is depicted holding a child in her arms (to her left side) and is flanked by two standing children, framed in an oval. Surrounding the oval, ornament design with a hanging group of two fish and a lobster to the left and right side, with burning lamps below. At bottom left and right corners, foxes on their hind legs. From a series of four plates.
Artwork Details
- Title: Charity, from the Cardinal Virtues
- Series/Portfolio: Cardinal Virtues
- Artist: Nicolaes de Bruyn (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1571–1656 Rotterdam)
- Publisher: Frederick de Wit (Dutch, 1629/30–1706)
- Date: 1648–56
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 4 5/16 × 3 1/4 in. (10.9 × 8.2 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
- Object Number: 51.501.447(3)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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