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The Knowledge of God and the Seven Cardinal Virtues: Charity - Charitas

Hans Sebald Beham

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white engraving of a woman with wings, wearing a laurel wreath and a long dress, holding a purse in her right hand and supporting a child on her right hip with her right arm; a child to her left grasps her dress with their right hand and holds out their left hand toward a purse; a dog sits on the right, looking up at the child on the left; the text "CHARITAS" runs vertically along the right edge.

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578 × 893 px
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