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Virtues on Their Way to the Bride
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Virtues on Their Way to the Bride

Johannes Wierix · 1574 · letterpress printing; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

The female personifications of various virtues walk in a procession towards the house of the bride (Sponsa). She stands waiting in the doorway. In the margin a four-line inscription, in two columns, in Latin.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printboekillustratiebride (in wedding-dress)
Credit lineDeugden op weg naar de bruid. 1574. Johannes Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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