Pendant Design with the Virtue Hope, Plate 3, Cardinal Virtues Series

An engraved pendant design on pale paper, arranged symmetrically around a central cartouche holding a standing female figure with an anchor-like inscription below. Ornamental scrollwork, masks, pendant drops, and strapwork frame the central motif, with bands of dark patterned ornament at the sides and bottom.

Artist

Johann Theodor de Bry

Date

1616–23

Medium

Engraving on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1782 × 2560 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum