id: 106383 accession number: 1924.432.39 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.432.39 updated: 2023-08-23 19:07:20.136000 Hope (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #39), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.432.39 title: Hope (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #39) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: before 1467 creation date earliest: 1457 creation date latest: 1467 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, Ferrara, 15th century technique: engraving department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Hind E.I. 39a --- CREATORS * Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Lettered below the image of Speranza (Hope): ·B· / ·SPERANZA·XXXVIIII· / ·39· translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: This engraving is part of the group marked with the letter “B”, and named Cosmic Principles and the Virtues, which comprises the three Universal principles (Light, Time, and Space) alongside the four cardinal virtues (Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude and Justice) and the three theological ones (Faith, Hope, and Charity). These latter are a Christian concept originated from a passage in the first Book of Corinthians (1 Corinthians 13:13).

Here personified as a full-length female figure, Speranza (Hope) raises her hands in gesture of prayer, turns slightly to left, and looks upwards towards a heavenly light. At her lower left is a phoenix on the top of a burning fire. This mythical bird was thought to symbolize Hope as it cyclically rises again from its own ashes. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.432.39/1924.432.39_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.432.39/1924.432.39_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.432.39/1924.432.39_full.tif