Engraving of a standing female figure holding a staff with a banner, beside a rock and a dated plaque, with a Latin inscription below.

Patience, from the Seven Virtues, 1552 engraving

An engraved allegorical figure of Patience stands in a flowing gown, holding a staff topped with a banner. A rock, a dated plaque reading 1552, and a distant landscape lie beside her. A heraldic crest appears at upper left, and a Latin verse is inscribed below the scene.

Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever (mentioned on object)
Date: 1552
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 2453 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1552.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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