Pendant Design with the Virtue Hope, Plate 3, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues
Pendant design with animal motifs and hanging pearls. Central Image: nude women (Hope) looks heavenward. Inscribed below image: "SPES". Surrounding the pendant are blackwork ornament designs for enamelists, mostly showing possibilities for the top and sides of rings. (Matted with 6161.1-1/2, 4.2000)
Credit: Museum purchase from Drawings and Prints Council Fund
1616-23
Engraving on paper
2001-22-1-3
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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