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
Notes
One print in a set of four prints of the four cardinal virtues by Gérard Audran after Domenichino
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
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores