Image of the seven virtues, Temperantia (moderation).
The personified moderation, surrounded by science and the arts after a copperplate engraving from the Renaissance period She curbs herself with one hand and holds glasses with the other. A clock crowns it (1595) after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/30 - 1569).
The personified moderation, surrounded by science and the arts after a copperplate engraving from the Renaissance period She curbs herself with one hand and holds glasses with the other. A clock crowns it (1595) after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/30 - 1569).
Lettering below the illustration:
VIDENDVM, VT NEC VOLVPTATI DEDITI PRODIGI ET LVXVRIOSI / APPAREAMVS, NEC AVARA TENACITATE SORDIDI AVT OBSCVRI EXISTAMVS
[We have to make sure that we do not surrender to sensual pleasure, prove to be wasteful and lewd, but also that we are not unfair and without reputation due to greedy avarice.]
Gallery photo on 3mm aluminum dibond plate finished with satin UV protective laminate.
Size: 17.72 x 11.81 "
Schnellsuche image, virtues, temperantia, moderation, bruegel, graphic
