Charitas and the Acts of Charity, from a Series of Tazza Designs
Theodor de Bry
ca. 1588 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints
In the central medallion, the figure of Charitas, nursing an infant, while a child offers a bowl of fruit on her left. Around the medallion, framed by a circular ornamental frieze with acts of charity, including Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples, below the medallion. From a series of four designs for ornamented tazza, or drinking vessels.
- Artist
- Theodor de Bry
- Date
- ca. 1588
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951