PrintsItalian16th century

Temperance

c.1540s

Artists

Giuseppe Niccolò VicentinoArtist

Perino del VagaArtist after

Andrea AndreaniPrinter

ParmigianinoPrevious attribution

Ugo da CarpiPrevious attribution

Classification

Prints

Technique

Chiaroscuro woodcut

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in very light brown, light brown, and black

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

block: 15 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.) sheet: 15.4 × 10.5 cm (6 1/16 × 4 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Purchased by Harvard University, 1896

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