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Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612 · [Antwerp] : Phillippus Galleus excudebat · 14 pictures

An engraved series of allegorical female figures issued in Antwerp by Philippe Galle, who engraved and published it, probably in the late sixteenth century, illustrating the virtues and vices with Latin verses and biblical examples. Each plate shows a seated or standing woman with a title banner, attributes and a small landscape or architectural background, set on a plain sheet with a verse caption beneath, giving designers a compact vocabulary of symbolic props and emblematic poses.

Virtues in art · Vices in art

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