Prudence
Dearly beloved companions: I am sending you this engraving that belongs to a series of engravings that deal with the seven virtues and that, in this case, is entitled… …PRUDENCE. This plate was the work of a Dutch engraver and draughtsman named Jacob Mathan, who made it between 1571 and 1631 reproducing drawings made by Hendrick Goltzius, a Dutch draughtsman, engraver and painter (1558-1617). …