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Hans Burgkmair, the Elder
Modesty (1510)
woodcut
16.5 × 7.5 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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Modesty
(1510)
from The Seven Cardinal Virtues series, (1510)
Medium
woodcut
Measurements
16.5 × 7.5 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
The Illustrated Bartsch 51 iii (vol. XI, p. 57); Hollstein 296 iii; Dodgson vol. II p. 83
Edition
3rd state
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-u.r.: DIE MESIKAIT.
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 30
inscribed in pen and brown ink on backing sheet l.c.: Hans Burgmair / 1473
stamped in purple ink l.r.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
Accession Number
1278.540-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
humility personification pitchers (vessels) pouring virtue Virtues (allegorical characters) women (female humans)
Movements
Renaissance