Terms and conditions of use
Charity and Grace
(after 1557)
plate 4 from the Virtues series
Medium
engraving
Measurements
25.3 × 22.1 cm (image) 27.1 × 22.6 cm (sheet, trimmed within 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
Holl.34-41 (Collaert); New Hollstein part 5 1097 (Collaert); Hollstein 1168 (de Vos)
Edition
only state
Printing/Publishing
published by Hieronymus Cock’s widow, after 1577
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: M de vos. inue. / CHARITAS. (in a cartouche)
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: Aux quatre vents. / GRATIA. (in a cartouche)
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: HC
printed in ink l.l.: Est nil Amicitia maius, aut rarius vnquam, / Nomen amicitiæ barbara corda mouet.
printed in ink l.c.: Est bilari vultu, atqɜ (qɜ joined) ornatu Insignis et auro, / Mitis Amor, concors Gratia, pura Fides.
Accession Number
1278.253-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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