Voorzichtigheid (Prudentia) met spiegel zittend op leeuw houdt een draak in bedwang 1510 - 1575

This anonymous engraving, titled "Voorzichtigheid (Prudentia) met spiegel zittend op leeuw houdt een draak in bedwang," depicts the allegorical figure of Prudence seated on a lion, holding a mirror and controlling a dragon. The engraving, created sometime between 1510 and 1575, is a small work measuring only 102 mm in height and 83 mm in width. The image, which is now housed in the Rijksmuseum, is an example of the allegorical style common in art of the Renaissance, where virtues and vices were frequently depicted as symbolic figures.