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Head of Prudence

Italian School

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Head of Prudence
Head of Prudence
Head of Prudence
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Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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Prudence was one of the four Cardinal Virtues; she is shown with two faces to represent her watchfulness. This fragment probably came from an early fifteenth-century tomb sculpture in the Church of San Francesco, Gaeta, near Naples. It is said to have been taken by Lieutenant James Wheeler, of the British Marines, in 1799. He helped liberate Gaeta that year after a period of occupation by Napoleon’s troops, who badly damaged the church. It was possibly made by one of the sculptors who had worked in Naples for Alfonso V of Aragon (1396–1458).

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Title

Head of Prudence

Date

early 15th C

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 26.3 x W 16.4 x D 15.9 cm;
Plinth: H 4 x W 22 x D 22 cm

Accession number

64.1

Acquisition method

purchased from Jan Bostram, London, 1964

Work type

Bust

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