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Temperance
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Landscape with the female personification of Temperance (Temperantia), one of the four cardinal virtues. In her hands she holds a jug with liquid which she pours into a basin. On the left in the background Noah's ark and God the Father appearing in the sky. On the right in the background the baptism in the Jordan. In the margin a two-line inscription in Latin. Seventh print from a series of virtues.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineMatigheid. 1580 - 1588. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
