Title engraving for the series of Christian Virtues
Philips Galle
(Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 18.3 x 13.4 cm (7 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 19.2 x 14.3 cm (7 9/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP6967
ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsin plate, text in main oval frame: VII/VIRTVTVM THEOLOGICA=/RUM ET CARDINALVM ICO=/NES ARTIFICIOSISSIMÈ A/IO.STRAD.PRAEFORMATAS:/PHILIP. GALL. AENEIS FOR=/MIS ELEGANTER INCIDIT./Discee vbi sit prudentia, vbi sit/virtus, vbi sit intellectus:vt/scias simul vbi sit longiturni=/tas vitae & victus, vbi sit/lumen oculorum, et pax./Baruch.3.; in plaque below: Sicut bellator sine ar=/mis esse non potest=/ita nec sine exerci=/tatione virtus./Amb. de Cain & Abel/lib. 1. Cap.3.; and at bottom: Virtus, Dei Summus amor.ProvenanceFranz Jozef von Enzenberg (1802-1879, Innsbruck); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897
