Personification of Honor, from "The Passions of the Soul"
This etching shows a personification of "honor", represented by a woman wearing a wreath on her head and holding a cornucopia in her left arm. A title and a two-line poem are added below. The etching is part of a series of twelve plates known as "The Passions of the Soul" and was originally printed on the same sheet with the personification of "liberty".
Artwork Details
- Title: Personification of Honor, from "The Passions of the Soul"
- Artist: Raffaello Schiaminossi (Italian, Borgo San Sepolcro (Sansepolcro) 1572–1622 Borgo San Sepolcro (Sansepolcro))
- Date: ca. 1605
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 6 5/16 in. × 4 in. (16.1 × 10.1 cm)
- Classifications: Albums, Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
- Object Number: 47.79.1(3)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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