Coffin, painted with heraldic figures and with female figures sitting on the front between Corinthian columns: Fortitudo, Justitia, Temperantia and Prudentia, Coffin of painted poplar wood. The chest rests on the sides, which are painted with heraldic figures and carry iron handles. The front is semicircular and painted in grisaille with seated female figures separated by Corinthian columns, symbolizing Fortitudo, Temperantia and Prudentia from left to right. The threshold is angled, scalloped and painted on the corners in grisaille with two cobblestones blowing in sails, symbolizing prosperous wind, Fortitude, 'Fortitudo' - one of the Four Cardinal Virtues, Justice, 'Justitia', 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa), one of the Four Cardinal Virtues, Temperance, 'Temperantia', 'Temperanza' (Ripa), Prudence, 'Prudentia', 'Prudenza' (Ripa), anonymous, Italy, c. 1400 - c. 1500, wood (plant material), poplar (wood), iron (metal), paint (coating), painting, h 53.5 cm × w 144 cm × d 44.5 cm w 137 cm × d 36.0 cm
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Coffin, painted, heraldic figures, female figures sitting, front, Corinthian columns, Fortitudo, Justitia, Temperantia, Prudentia, painted poplar wood, chest rests, sides, carry iron handles, semicircular, grisaille, seated female figures separated, symbolizing Fortitudo, left, right, threshold, angled, scalloped, corners, two cobblestones blowing, sails, symbolizing prosperous wind, Fortitude, Fortitudo', Four Cardinal Virtues, Justice, Giustitia divina, Ripa, Temperance, Temperanza, Prudence, Prudenza, Italy, c, 1400, 1500, wood, plant material, poplar, iron, metal, paint, coating, painting
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