Identification title(s): hope. Spes (title on object). Seven virtues (series title). Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-1713. Catalog reference: new hollstein dutch 128-1(3)(a). Bartsch 128. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso bottom left, stamped: lugt 240. Description: personification of virtue hope: naked woman sitting, putto holds circular band above her head, rays of light enter the room. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: lucas van leyden (mentioned on object), according to own design by: lucas van leyden. Place of manufacture: netherlands. Date: 1530. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: top: h 168 mm × w 110 mm. Subject: what: hope, 'spes'; 'speranza divina e certa' (ripa) ~ one of the three theological virtues. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: 1530.
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