Terms and conditions of use
Charity
1552
from the Virtues and Vices series, 1552
- Medium
- engraving
- Measurements
- 10.3 × 6.2 cm (sheet)
- Catalogue/s Raisonné
- The Illustrated Bartsch 118 (vol. 16, p. 194); Hollstein 5vol. I p. 8
- Inscription
- printed in ink (in image) l.l.: 1552 / AG (monogram)
printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: Viribus induiae soboles ſpoliatur Amori / Quaem sequitur recta spesqz ula
stamped in purple ink on reverse c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pencil on small backing sheet l.c.: L'amour du prochain
inscribed in pen and brown ink on small backing sheet on reverse c.l.: W.S. (Lugt 2650: W. Sharp)
inscribed in pena dn brown ink on small backing sheet on reverse l.r.: 40 Mar 1698
inscribed in pencil on small backing sheet on reverse l.l.: (...illeg.) (partially erased) 2/10
stamped in ink on small backing sheet on reverse l.c.: SR / IR (in square) (Lugt 2364: Sir Joshua Reynolds)
inscribed in pencil on large backing sheet l.c.: Wm. Sharp / Sir Joshua Reynolds / R.S. 1061 (1061 in circle)
inscribed in pencil on large backing sheet l.l.: B.122 compassion - Accession Number
- 1278.563-3
- 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 Relationships and Interactions
- Subjects (specific)
- banners Charity (allegorical character) charity (philosophical concept) infants personification virtue Virtues (allegorical characters) women (female humans)
- Movements
- Renaissance
