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Temperance (Temperantia) / Charity (Caritas)
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Temperance (Temperantia) / Charity (Caritas)

Carlo Cesio · 1656 · etching; paper

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

About this work

Sheet with two images. Left: the personification of temperance (Temperantia), a seated woman with reins in her hands. Right: the personification of charity (Caritas), a seated woman nursing two children.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printCharity, 'Caritas'Temperance, Moderation'Misura' (Ripa)
Credit lineMatigheid (Temperantia) / Liefde (Caritas). 1656. Carlo Cesio. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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