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Diligence

Diligence
1552
from the Virtues and Vices series, 1552

Medium
engraving
Measurements
10.3 × 6.3 cm irreg. (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
The Illustrated Bartsch 123 (vol. 16, p. 195); Hollstein vol. I p. 58
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) c.r.: 1552 / AG (monogram)
inscribed in plate below image l.l.-l.r.: Gaŭdia ter sancti de
stamped in purple ink on reverse c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pencil on small backing sheet l.c.: La Diligence
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet c.l.: shua Reynolds / harp Collectn. (incomplete)
inscribed in pen and ink on larger backing sheet l.l.: 1278/3 Early German / Numbers as above / 12, 13, 14, 15 / 16, 17, 18
stamped in purple ink on larger backing sheet l.c.: NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
Accession Number
1278.568-3
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 Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
banners bird (animal) labour personification squirrels virtue Virtues (allegorical characters) women (female humans)
Movements
Renaissance