Prudence, Parmigianino. Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian.
Summary
Allegorical print shows a woman as Prudence, one of the cardinal virtues, seated with left elbow resting on left knee, looking to the left into a mirror which she is holding in her right hand; with a large urn on her left.
Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington : Library of Congress, 1979, pp. 24-28.
Printed from a woodblock by the workshop of Vicentino after a design by Parmigianino.
From Marsh Collection.
Tags
Date
1520 - 1600
Source
Library of Congress
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