Personificaties van Justitia, Caritas, Prudentia, Pax en Republica, Jost Amman, 1579

Title(s)

Personificaties van Justitia, Caritas, Prudentia, Pax en Republica

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1964-482

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Amman book illustrations) 2066

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• inscription: ‘josten ammons sculptit a Zurich anno 1566’
• collector's mark: Lugt 567

Artist

• print maker: Jost Amman (mentioned on object)

Place

Neurenberg

Dating

1579

Material

• paper

Technique

hand coloring

Measurements

height 220 mm × width 172 mm

What

• Justitia (justice) as Roman personification
• Charity, 'Caritas'; 'Carità' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues
• Prudentia (Prudence) as Roman personification
• Pax as Roman personification
• republic; 'Governo della republica' (Ripa)

Acquisition

purchase 1964

Copyright

Public domain

• Jost Amman : book illustrations, Gero Seelig, Giulia Bartrum, Marjolein Leesberg, dl. 7, p. 49, 57, cat.nr. 2066