Temperance

Peter Flötner

ca. 1540 · Bronze · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This plaquette comes from a series of the Seven Virtues. Temperance is shown with her wine and water cups. The woman is partially covered by her luminous drapery, which falls in curvilinear folds. Occasionally, this type of plaquette was duplicated in gold and in brass; they were often used to decorate vessels and furnishings.

Artist

Peter Flötner

Date

ca. 1540

Medium

Bronze

Culture

German, Nuremberg

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Erich Lederer Collection, Gift of Mrs. Erich Lederer, 1986