The personification of virtue Wisdom looks up to heaven, where God appears, for divine inspiration. She holds the tablets of the law in her hands and on a stone lies a book. In the background is a landscape with a city, Wisdom Cognicio (title on object) The Virtues (series title), print maker: Cornelis Massijs, (mentioned on object), Cornelis Massijs, Antwerp, c. 1543 - c. 1544, paper, engraving, h 90 mm × w 59 mm

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