Terms and conditions of use
Providence and Justice
(after 1577)
plate 2 from the Virtues series
Medium
engraving
Measurements
25.0 × 21.8 cm (image) 27.1 × 22.2 cm (plate and sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Antwerp, Belgium
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 34-41 (Collaert); New Hollstein part 5 1095 (Collaert); Hollstein 1166 i/ii (de Vos)
Edition
1st of 2 states
Printing/Publishing
published by Hieronymus Cock’s widow, after 1577
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: M de vos. inue. / PROVIDĒTIA DEI (in a cartouche)
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: Aux quatre vents. / IVSTITIA. (in a cartouche)
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: HC
printed in ink l.l.: Aspiciunt oculis Superi mortalia Justice, / Estqɜ (qɜ joined) Deis Superis scilicet iste labor.
printed in ink l.c.: Justitia inuiolata, malis placidissima Virgo, / Mente sedet solida,firma tenaxqɜ (qɜ joined) manu est.
Accession Number
1278.252-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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