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Virtue as a young woman surrounded by four figures representing love, error, ignorance and opinion

After Jacopo Ligozzi Italian
1585
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Virtue as a young woman surrounded by four figures representing love, error, ignorance and opinion
  • Artist: Andrea Andreani (Italian, Mantua 1558/1559–1629)
  • Artist: After Jacopo Ligozzi (Italian, Verona 1547–1627 Florence)
  • Date: 1585
  • Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in brown ink
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 19 1/8 × 13 3/16 in. (48.5 × 33.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by exchange, 1928
  • Object Number: 28.15.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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