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Above personifications of virtues and vices in a classical building with Ionic columns and a pediment. On the left, the personification of Prosperity holding a horn with coins and a branch with possibly oak leaves. To her left and right medallions with personifications of Sincerity, Gratitude, Loyalty, Love and Charity. Below that are renderings of Avarice, Pride and Sloth. In the center the winged Virtue with a spear, a laurel wreath and a horn of plenty. She is enthroned on a platform on which Vice is trampling the tablets containing the Ten Commandments and a child, possibly as a symbol of innocence. To the right, ragged Poverty stands with a child on her arm between medallions of Friendship, Obedience, Justice, Diligence and Humility. Below representations of Deceit, Disobedience and Ingratitude. At the bottom the rules in Dutch and French, Dice game with rules Game of virtue, Le jeu de la vertu , print maker: Jan Gerritsz. Visser, Jan Voorman, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jan Verlem, (mentioned on object), print maker: Low Countries, publisher: Amsterdam, 1798, paper, engraving, etching, letterpress printing, h 569 mm × w 380 mm.

Above personifications of virtues and vices in a classical building with Ionic columns and a pediment. On the left, the personification of Prosperity holding a horn with coins and a branch with possibly oak leaves. To her left and right medallions with personifications of Sincerity, Gratitude, Loyalty, Love and Charity. Below that are renderings of Avarice, Pride and Sloth. In the center the winged Virtue with a spear, a laurel wreath and a horn of plenty. She is enthroned on a platform on which Vice is trampling the tablets containing the Ten Commandments and a child, possibly as a symbol of innocence. To the right, ragged Poverty stands with a child on her arm between medallions of Friendship, Obedience, Justice, Diligence and Humility. Below representations of Deceit, Disobedience and Ingratitude. At the bottom the rules in Dutch and French, Dice game with rules Game of virtue, Le jeu de la vertu , print maker: Jan Gerritsz. Visser, Jan Voorman, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jan Verlem, (mentioned on object), print maker: Low Countries, publisher: Amsterdam, 1798, paper, engraving, etching, letterpress printing, h 569 mm × w 380 mm.
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Above personifications of virtues and vices in a classical building with Ionic columns and a pediment. On the left, the personification of Prosperity holding a horn with coins and a branch with possibly oak leaves. To her left and right medallions with personifications of Sincerity, Gratitude, Loyalty, Love and Charity. Below that are renderings of Avarice, Pride and Sloth. In the center the winged Virtue with a spear, a laurel wreath and a horn of plenty. She is enthroned on a platform on which Vice is trampling the tablets containing the Ten Commandments and a child, possibly as a symbol of innocence. To the right, ragged Poverty stands with a child on her arm between medallions of Friendship, Obedience, Justice, Diligence and Humility. Below representations of Deceit, Disobedience and Ingratitude. At the bottom the rules in Dutch and French, Dice game with rules Game of virtue, Le jeu de la vertu , print maker: Jan Gerritsz. Visser, Jan Voorman, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jan Verlem, (mentioned on object), print maker: Low Countries, publisher: Amsterdam, 1798, paper, engraving, etching, letterpress printing, h 569 mm × w 380 mm
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38.6 x 42.9 cm | 15.2 x 16.9 in (300 dpi)
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1798 ABUNDANCE AFFLUENCE ALLEGORY: GREED AMSTERDAM ARM AVARICE BACKSIDE BOTTOM BRADYPOD BRANCH (TREE) BRANCHES BUTT CENTER CHARITY CHILD CLASSICAL BUILDING COINS COVETOUSNESS DECEIT DICE GAME DILIGENCE DILIGENCIA DISOBEDIENCE DUTCH EMBLEM ENGRAVED ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) ENGRAVING ENGRAVING. ENGRAVINGS ENTHRONED ETCHING FAITHFULNESS FIDELITY FORTUNA FORTUNETELLER FRENCH FRIENDSHIP GRATITUDE GREED FOR MONEY GREED H 569 MM × W 380 MM HAPPINESS HORN HUMILITY IDLENESS INDOLENCE INDUSTRIOUSNESS INGRATITUDE INNOCENCE IONIC COLUMNS JAN GERRITSZ JAN VERLEM JAN VOORMAN JUSTICE JUSTITIA LANCE LANCES LAUREL WREATH LAW LAZINESS LE JEU DE LA VERTU LEFT LETTERPRESS PRINTING LOVE LOW COUNTRIES LOYALTY LUCK MEDALLIONS MENTIONED NETHERLANDISH OAK LEAVES OBEDIENCE OBJECT OBJECTS PAPER AND PACKAGE PRODUCTS PAPER PEDIMENT PERSONIFICATION PERSONIFICATIONS PLATFORM PLENTIFULNESS PLENTY PRIDE PRINT MAKER PRINT PROFUSION PROSPERITY HOLDING PUBLISHER RAGGED POVERTY STANDS RAMA RENDERINGS REPRÉSENTATIONS RICHNESS RIGHT MEDALLIONS RIGHT RULES GAME RULES SIMBOLOS SIN: GREED SINCERITY SLOTH SPEAR STAGECOACH STINGINESS SYMBOL SYMBOLS TABLETS CONTAINING TABLETS OF LAW TEN COMMANDMENTS TRAMPLING UMBRELLA VICE VICES VICTORY LAUREL WREATH VIRTUE VIRTUES VISSER WEALTH WINGED VIRTUE WREATH, LAUREL