Prudence (after Quellinus)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1674
Materials
Oil paint and wood
Measurements
1570 x 940 mm
Order this imageCollection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1553521
Summary
Painting. An oil painting on panel, full-length standing allegorical female figure of Prudence (after Quellinus), wearing an orange dress with red robe, British (English) School, c1674. Prudence (one of the four Cardinal Virtues) stands, in a landscape, holding a snake, symbolic of wisdom, in her left hand and a mirror in her right, so that she can see herself as she really is. After an engraving by Hubertus Quellinus (Antwerp 1619 - Antwerp 1687), published in 1665-1668, after sculptural figures by his brother, Artus II Quellinus (Antwerp 1609 - Antwerp 1688) in the Vierschaar (High Court) in Amsterdam Town Hall.
Provenance
In situ in Gilt Room since 1675; part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries. In March 2012 the National Trust took over the management of Tredegar House with its contents and its 90 acres of gardens and parkland, from Newport City Council for a period of 50 years.
Credit line
Tredegar House, The Morgan Collection (on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museums and Galleries)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist after Flemish School, artist