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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M14486
People
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder, Netherlandish (Breda (?), Belgium 1526/30 - 1569 Brussels, Belgium)
Title
Prudence
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Seven Cardinal Virtues
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th-17th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/257309

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
22.2 × 29.4 cm (8 3/4 × 11 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: H. Cock excu.
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: PRVDENTIA
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: Bruegel Inuentor
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: SI PRVDENS ESSE CVPIS, IN FVTVRVM PROSPECTVM OSTENDE, ET / QVAE PSSVNT CONTINGERE, ANIMO TVO CVNCTA PROPONE

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wick, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
Bastelaer no. 136; Hollstein 136; New Hollstein 17; Lebeer no. 35

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wick
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
M14486
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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