Temperance receives a bit in order to control a camel; below, she restrains a unicorn. Engraving by G. Audran, 1675, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
- Domenichino, 1581-1641.
- Date:
- 1675
- Reference:
- 2897459i
- Pictures
About this work
Publication/Creation
[À Paris (rue St. Jacques à l'Aigle)] : [chez N. Bonnart]
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 36.1 x 27.8 cm
Lettering
La temperance étoufe les plaisir, et modère les esprits feroces. Retenez les, en leur donnant un frein. Sp. 31. ... Pein du Dominiquain à Rome dans l'église St Charles ; G. Audran sculp. Romae 1675
References note
A.P.F. Robert-Dumesnil. Le peintre-graveur français: ou catalogue raisonné des estampes ..., volume 9, Paris: G. Warée, 1865, pp. 300-301, no. 120 (edition published by Joullain)
Not found in: Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome I, Paris 1939, pp. 124-149 (prints by Gérard Audran)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2897459i
Language note
Lettering includes the Latin texts of the French Biblical quotations describing the attributes of the virtues
Notes
One print in a set of four prints of the four cardinal virtues by Gérard Audran after Domenichino
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores