Detail of the decoration of a theatre (?) with the allegorical figure of Prudence

Inventory number: CVH 504
Bollaert & Moortgat

Close-up of the decoration of a theatre(?); with, on the left, in front of a narrow window pier, a standing allegorical female figure with, on the base thereof, the inscription "PRUDENTIA". In front of a second wall surface: a candelabrum motif with two cherubs’ heads set in the base. On the right, above a segmental arch, a face mask and two birds which in their bills are clasping a small cloth (or banner?).

Artist:

anonymous (the Southern Netherlands)

Dating:

1600?-1799?

Material:

Watercolour; white body colour, black ink on sepia paper

Dimensions:

536 x 620 mm

Marks :

Inscription on the base of the female figure.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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