Foolish virgin as personification of Spain, Hispani, Wise and foolish virgins as European countries and provinces, print, number: '128', printmaker: Virgilius Solis, Nuremberg, 1524 - 1562, Bavaria, paper, engraving, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 79 mm x width 50 mm, Print is part of a series of ten prints with personifications of European countries and provinces as the five wise and five foolish virgins., personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, representation of foolish virgin(s), Spain, A black and white line engraving of a standing woman in a long, flowing gown with puffed sleeves and a fitted bodice, her head slightly bowed and hair covered by a rounded headdress with small circular decorations. She holds fabric in both hands that drapes down the front of her skirt, with a knotted sash at her waist and decorative details on the bodice. Behind her, a tree with textured bark and foliage appears on the left and a castle-like tower with small window...
Caption

Foolish virgin as personification of Spain, Hispani, Wise and foolish virgins as European countries and provinces, print, number: '128', printmaker: Virgilius Solis, Nuremberg, 1524 - 1562, Bavaria, paper, engraving, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 79 mm x width 50 mm, Print is part of a series of ten prints with personifications of European countries and provinces as the five wise and five foolish virgins., personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, representation of foolish virgin(s), Spain, A black and white line engraving of a standing woman in a long, flowing gown with puffed sleeves and a fitted bodice, her head slightly bowed and hair covered by a rounded headdress with small circular decorations. She holds fabric in both hands that drapes down the front of her skirt, with a knotted sash at her waist and decorative details on the bodice. Behind her, a tree with textured bark and foliage appears on the left and a castle-like tower with small windows stands on the right, with clouds in the sky above. Stone walls and distant foliage are visible in the midground, and a narrow strip of decorative text appears along the bottom edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A94_430

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.0Mb (8.2Mb) / 11.3in x 18.3in / 3382 x 5482 (300dpi)

Keywords

Foolish virgin personification Spain Hispani Wise foolish virgins European countries provinces print number 128 printmaker Virgilius Solis Nuremberg 1524 - 1562 Bavaria paper engraving etching intaglio printmaking technique height 79 mm x width 50 mm Print part series ten prints personifications five wise five foolish virgins countries nations states districts representation foolish virgin s black white line engraving standing woman long flowing gown puffed sleeves fitted bodice head slightly bowed hair covered rounded headdress small circular decorations holds fabric hands drapes down front skirt knotted sash waist decorative details bodice tree textured bark foliage left castle- tower small windows stands right clouds sky Stone walls distant foliage visible midground narrow strip decorative text bottom edge

Please log in to download the high resolution file