Prudence, from The Virtues, engraving
A standing female figure in flowing drapery holds a mirror and a serpent entwined around her arm, a mirror-like oval in her right hand. She gazes to the side against a hilly landscape with a tree on the right, and a Latin inscription runs along the bottom margin. The fine, dense hatching gives the print a sculptural, graceful finish.
- Artist
- Jacob Matham
- Date
- c. 1593
- Medium
- Engraving on ivory laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2207 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1598).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds
