Caption
Personification of Germany as a wise virgin, Germania, Personifications of European countries and provinces as wise and foolish virgins, 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 wise virgin(s), costume, Germany, A tall woman in a long draped dress stands in profile facing left, wearing a fitted bodice with puffed sleeves and a necklace, her hair arranged in an updo with decorative curls; she holds a large torch with a visible flame in her extended left hand while her right hand rests on her hip, and a flowing outer garment wraps around her waist and falls to the ground revealing simple sandals. Behind her, stylized clouds fill the sky above a calm landscape with a winding stream, clustered trees, and a small house on a distant bank, while to the right an arched stone structure and a rounded rock or cave opening appear near the ground; the entire scene is rendered in fine linear etching with hatch marks and textured shading.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B40_346
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46.2Mb (7.6Mb) / 11.0in x 16.3in / 3297 x 4893 (300dpi)