Temperance

Artist: Peter Flötner (German, Thurgau 1485–1546 Nuremberg)

Date: ca. 1540

Culture: German, Nuremberg

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: H. 3 3/16 x W. 2 1/16 in. (8.1 x 5.2 cm.)

Classification: Medals and Plaquettes

Credit Line: The Erich Lederer Collection, Gift of Mrs. Erich Lederer, 1986

Accession Number: 1986.319.43

Description

This plaquette comes from a series of the Seven Virtues. Temperance is shown with her wine and water cups. The woman is partially covered by her luminous drapery, which falls in curvilinear folds. Occasionally, this type of plaquette was duplicated in gold and in brass; they were often used to decorate vessels and furnishings.

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