Sadeler, Johann (I), Vos, Maerten de, Antwerp, Virtues overcome vices, Sapientia, Wisdom (Sapientia) overcomes Human Bewilderment (Caligo Humana), verso lower left - stamped, The personification of Wisdom (Sapientia), holding a mirror in her hand with two snakes coiled around it. She sits on a throne and reads a book entitled Truth (Veritas). Above her head the Holy Spirit flies as a dove. Wisdom tramples the personification of Human Bewilderment (Caligo Humana), a blindfolded woman with a broken staff, having tripped over a globe named Fleeting Glory (Vana Gloria)., print, engraving, prints, height 145 mm, width 95 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1579, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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