Identification title(s): personification of divine wisdom. Numismata virorum illustrium ex barbadica gente (series title). Object type: print album page object number: rp-p-1985-386-48. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: a console with the female personification of divine wisdom. The woman kneels on a square stone. She wears a chest piece and a helmet with a rooster on it. In her right hand a round shield with the holy spirit in the shape of a dove. In her left hand she holds the book of wisdom, closed with seven seals and on top of the lamb of god. The print is part of an album. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: robert van audenaerd (mentioned on object), client: giovanni francesco barbarigo. Place of manufacture: rome. Dating: 1673 - 1743. Physical features: engraving; proof. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 181 mm × w 180 mm. Subject: what: fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc. ), the book with the seven seals enthroned ~ revelation of johnlamb 'sapientia', wisdom; 'sapienza divina' (ripa) ~ one of the seven gifts of the holy ghost. Holy ghost represented as a dove (in flames). Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1985. Date: between 1673 and 1743.
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