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Niccolò Vicentino
Temperancec. 1540s; printed 1560s

Not on view
Brown ink and wash drawing on tan paper, a robed female figure twists dramatically, pouring liquid from a small vessel into a shallow basin

Niccolò Vicentino, Perino del Vaga, Temperance, c. 1540s; printed 1560s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Niccolò Vicentino
Italy, Vicenza, active mid-16th century
After
Perino del Vaga
Italy, 1501-1547
Title
Temperance
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
c. 1540s; printed 1560s
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 3/4 × 3 7/8 in. (14.61 × 9.84 cm) Image: 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (13.97 × 9.53 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.531
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.

  • Davis, Bruce. Mannerist Prints: International Style in the Sixteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.