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Allegory on the Immortality of the Virtues
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In the foreground sits Honour, as an old man, on the ground, his arms wrapped around two naked women: Virtue (left) and Dignity (right). In the upper left in a cloud Immortality looks down on them. Right Glory, sitting on a globe, who holds a sceptre above Honour's head with her left hand. In her right hand a crown and chain. On the ground lie a crown, chain of office and sceptre, various fruits and a bishop's mitre (right).
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Credit lineAllegorie op de onsterfelijkheid van de deugden. 1564. Cornelis Cort. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
