The winged personification of Vigilance (Vigilantia) sits with an oil lamp in her hand and reads a book. To her right an hourglass and a closed book, to her left lies a cross near a tree on an opened book. She is standing with her foot on the personification of Slowness (Acedia) lying on the ground in front of her. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series on virtues and vices, Vigilance Overcomes Slowness The Seven Virtues and Seven Vices (title series)., print maker: Pieter Jalhea Furnius, (mentioned on object), Pieter Jalhea Furnius, (mentioned on object), 1550 - 1625, paper

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