Penance, Female allegories in landscapes, print, number: '72', printmaker: Virgilius Solis, Nuremberg, 1524 - 1562, Bavaria, paper, engraving, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 52 mm x width 85 mm, Print is part of a series of six prints with female allegories in landscapes., landscape with ruins, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, 'Poenitentia', 'Contritione' (Ripa), part of the confession, A monochrome engraving shows a woman standing beside a stone sarcophagus, leaning on it with one elbow while resting her head on her hand and gazing upward. She wears a flowing draped garment that reveals one shoulder and leg, and her curly hair is styled up. Broken architectural elements lie on the ground near the base of the sarcophagus, and a columned structure with classical capitals stands behind her. The background contains rolling rocky hills, clustered buildings and towers on a distant hilltop, various trees and shrubs, and a small bridge over water visible ...
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Penance, Female allegories in landscapes, print, number: '72', printmaker: Virgilius Solis, Nuremberg, 1524 - 1562, Bavaria, paper, engraving, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 52 mm x width 85 mm, Print is part of a series of six prints with female allegories in landscapes., landscape with ruins, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, 'Poenitentia', 'Contritione' (Ripa), part of the confession, A monochrome engraving shows a woman standing beside a stone sarcophagus, leaning on it with one elbow while resting her head on her hand and gazing upward. She wears a flowing draped garment that reveals one shoulder and leg, and her curly hair is styled up. Broken architectural elements lie on the ground near the base of the sarcophagus, and a columned structure with classical capitals stands behind her. The background contains rolling rocky hills, clustered buildings and towers on a distant hilltop, various trees and shrubs, and a small bridge over water visible at the far right. The scene is framed by decorative vertical elements at the edges.

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Penance Female allegories landscapes print number 72 printmaker Virgilius Solis Nuremberg 1524 - 1562 Bavaria paper engraving etching intaglio printmaking technique height 52 mm x width 85 mm Print part series six prints female allegories landscape ruins city-view man- constructions Poenitentia Contritione Ripa confession monochrome engraving woman standing beside stone sarcophagus leaning elbow resting head hand gazing upward wears flowing draped garment reveals shoulder leg curly hair styled up Broken architectural elements lie ground near base sarcophagus columned structure classical capitals stands background contains rolling rocky hills clustered buildings towers distant hilltop various trees shrubs small bridge water visible far right scene framed decorative vertical elements edges

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