Temperance, plate 7 from Seven Virtues engraving
An engraved oval portrait of a veiled woman with her head turned to the left, set within an ornate frame. Putti in the corners pour liquid from vessels, and a shell and scrollwork decorate the base, above a Latin inscription line. The fine, dense hatching gives the figure soft modeling.
- Artist
- Jan van der Straet
- Date
- ca. 1575
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Source
- Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
- Size
- 1636 × 2240 px
Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1580).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
