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.
| Artist |
Philips Galle
RKD
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Pieter I Bruegel
RKD
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Hieronymus Cock
RKD
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| Title | Prudence (Prudentia), from the series The Seven Virtues |
| Date | ca. 1559 - 1562 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the depiction, below: H cock excu. |
| printed inscription below: PRVDENTIA | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, below: Bruegel inuentor | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: SI PRVDENS ESSE CVPIS? IN FVTVRVM PROSPECTVM OSTENDE? ET / QVAE POSSVNT CONTINGERE? ANIMO TVO CVNCTA PROPONE | |
| inscription on the reverse: H: 333 [...] | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-PH |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend 2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-PH |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11755/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055865
symbolism (artistic concept)
AAT
300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11M41
Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues
Iconclass
11Q712 church (exterior) Iconclass 21C fire (one of the four elements) Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31A46 diseases Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA2321 leaning forward - AA - female human figure Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 41A343 ladder Iconclass 41A7212 armchair, seat Iconclass 41A761 bed Iconclass 41A771 container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin, etc. Iconclass 41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass 41B12(FAGGOT) burning as process: faggot Iconclass 41B31 candle Iconclass 41C nutrition, nourishment Iconclass 41C1 eating and drinking Iconclass 41C11 eating Iconclass 41C69 meat; still life of meat Iconclass 41C691 slaughtered ox or pig Iconclass 41D267 purse, money-bag Iconclass 42E141 coffin Iconclass 43A44 bonfire, fire-works Iconclass 46A1632 money-chest, treasure-chest, money-box Iconclass 46B31 money Iconclass 46B311 coin Iconclass 46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass 47I17(STRAW) agricultural products and by-products: straw Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 49G1 physician, doctor Iconclass 49G2 patient, sick person Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
| Bruegel de Oude (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. III. Boekhorst - Brueghel / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 (279) |
| Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. IV. Brun - Coques / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 (187) |
| Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. V. Cornelisz. - Dou / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 |
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