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Prudence

Prudence

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Prudence
ArtistFlemish, c. 1525–1569
PrinterNetherlandish, 1537–1612
PublisherNetherlandish, c. 1510–1570
CultureNetherlandish
Titles
  • Prudence
  • from the series Seven Virtues
Date1559
MediumEngraving, state I/II
DimensionsPlate/Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 5/8 in. (29 × 21.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Fund
Object number2004.2090
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in the image, lower right: "Bruegel Inventor (?)"
Catalogue raisonnéafter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Prudence from The Seven Virtues, 1559. Lebeer 35; Lari 131; Van Bastelaer 136. Klee, Paul. Rechnender Greis, 1929. Etching. Kornfeld 104b; Helfenstein 4855. Hollstein 136

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