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Engraving of a crowded scene with a robed figure raising his arms before a large globe, surrounded by scholars and onlookers, with Latin text along the bottom.

Temperance, from The Seven Virtues

A dense engraving of a crowded scene: a robed central figure with a tall hat raises his arms before a large spherical globe, while scholars, onlookers and figures at tables and stairs fill the composition. A Latin inscription runs along the bottom edge beneath the plate.

Artist
Philips Galle
Date
1559
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1326 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1559).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

Español: La templanza, de Las siete virtudes

Un denso grabado de una escena abarrotada: una figura central con túnica y sombrero alto levanta los brazos ante un gran globo esférico, mientras eruditos, espectadores y personas en mesas y escaleras llenan la composición. Una inscripción en latín recorre el borde inferior de la lámina.

Português: A Temperança, da série As Sete Virtudes

Uma gravura densa de uma cena lotada: uma figura central com manto e chapéu alto ergue os braços diante de um grande globo esférico, enquanto eruditos, espectadores e pessoas em mesas e escadas preenchem a composição. Uma inscrição em latim percorre a borda inferior da chapa.

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