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Temperance
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Temperance

Hieronymus Wierix · 1563 - before 1612 · engraving; paper

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

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Bust of the female personification of Temperance. She pours a liquid from a shell into a basin. The representation is set within a cartouche, surrounded by putti. In the frame in the margin, a two-line biblical quote from Sir. 31 in Latin.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printTemperance, 'Temperantia'
Credit lineMatigheid. 1563 - before 1612. Hieronymus Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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