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Hope

Hope
 (c. 1510)
from The Seven Cardinal Virtues series, (1510)

Medium
woodcut
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
woodcut
Measurements
16.5 × 7.9 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
The Illustrated Bartsch 49 iii; Hollstein 293 iii; Dodgson vol. II p. 83
Edition
3rd state
Inscription
printed (vertically) in ink (in image) u.r.: HOFFNVING
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 24
inscribed in pencil on smaller backing sheet l.l.: B.49
inscribed in pen and brown ink on smaller backing sheet l.c.: Hans Burgmair / 1473
inscribed in pencil on smaller backing sheet on reverse l.c.: 47
stamped in purple ink on smaller backing sheet on reverse c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet c.: Colln (n in superscript above .) Jas Forbes Young
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet l.c.: R.S. 889 (in a circle)
inscribed in pen and ink on larger backing sheet l.l.: German School / Woodcuts / 1278/3 / 889B. (B in superscript)
Accession Number
1278.532-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
hope Hope (allegorical character) personification virtue Virtues (allegorical characters) women (female humans)
Movements
Renaissance

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