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Virtues: Hope

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Marcantonio Raimondi

This series by Marcantonio Raimondi illustrates the seven virtues of Christian theology: the four cardinal virtues (Prudence, Justice, Temperance, and Fortitude) and the three theological virtues (Faith, Hope, and Charity). The standing figures are placed in niches to evoke sculptural models and to engage in the mid-sixteenth-century debate known as the paragone, in which the relative merits of painting and sculpture in the representation of nature were discussed.
Artist
Marcantonio Raimondi
(Italian, ca. 1480 - 1527-1534)
Title
Virtues: Hope
Date
n.d.
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
8 1/2 x 4 3/16 in. Support
Credit
Chazen Museum of Art General Endowment Fund purchase
Accession No.
2007.15.5
Classification
Prints
Geography
Italy

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