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Chastity
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Chastity

Cornelis Cort · 1560 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

The personification of Chastity holds a stork and a lily in her hands. The lily refers to the chastity of Mary, and the stork also symbolizes resisting temptation. This print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineKuisheid. 1560. Cornelis Cort. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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