Vigilance overcomes slowness, Pieter Jalhea Furnius, 1550 - 1625 print The winged personification of vigilance (Vigilantia) is in her hand with an oil lamp and reads a book. To the right next to her an hourglass and a closed book, on the left is a cross on a tree on an open book. She is standing with her foot on the personification of slowness (Acedia) who is sleeping on the floor in front of her. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about virtues and vices. paper engraving One Virtue Fighting Against or Treati Upon One Vice. Sloth, indolence, 'acedia', 'desire'; 'Accidentia'
Vigilance overcomes slowness, Pieter Jalhea Furnius, 1550 - 1625 print The winged personification of vigilance (Vigilantia) is in her hand with an oil lamp and reads a book. To the right next to her an hourglass and a closed book, on the left is a cross on a tree on an open book. She is standing with her foot on the personification of slowness (Acedia) who is sleeping on the floor in front of her. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about virtues and vices. paper engraving One Virtue Fighting Against or Treati Upon One Vice. Sloth, indolence, 'acedia', 'desire'; 'Accidentia' (Ripa) ~ Personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Alertness, vigilance; 'Guardia', 'Vigilance', 'Supervision to defend yourself & oppose others' (Ripa). Hourglass
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