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Allegory of Virtue

Title:
Allegory of Virtue

Artist:
Lucas Cranach d. J. (1515 Wittenberg - 1586 Weimar)

Time:
dated 1548

Object Name:
Painting

Culture:
German

Material/technology:
Limewood

Dimensions:
Overall: 33,6 cm × 22,9 cm × 0,5 cmFramed: 50,5 cm x 39,5 cm x 4,5 cm

Signed:
Inscribed on the inscription plate at lower right with the snake with flying wings

Inscribed:
um den Palmbaum Spruchband mit Inschrift: DEO ET VIRTVTE, neben der Frauengestalt VIRTVS, auf dem Felsentor DVRATE, auf der Inschrifttafel VIA ARDVA/EST SED MA/NET IN ACVMI/NE IN EXTIMA/BILE PRAEMIVM 1548

Copyright:
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie

Invs.:
Gemäldegalerie, 6080

Provenance:
Coll. Kiniger, Hungary; acquired in 1908