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Modesty

Modesty
(1510)
from The Seven Cardinal Virtues series, (1510)

Medium
woodcut
Measurements
16.5 × 7.5 cm (sheet)
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
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)
humility personification pitchers (vessels) pouring virtue Virtues (allegorical characters) women (female humans)
Movements
Renaissance