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Patience or Suffering

Philips Galle · c. 1585 - c. 1590 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

A standing woman with a helmet and a lamb on her head. With her left hand she rests on a yoke, in her right hand she holds a thorn bush with a lily. On the anvil next to the woman lies a burning heart. Below the image two lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print albumblad Patience 'Patienza' (Ripa)

Credit lineGeduld of Lijdzaamheid. c. 1585 - c. 1590. Philips Galle. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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