Description: The virtues (in niche) Plate 3: Charity. A female figure, whole-length to right, holding two children in her arms, in a niche; after Goltzius. 1593. Lettered in lower left corner "HG Inue." and numbered in lower right corner "3". With two lines in the margin "Blanda Charis ... constringit aheno." by "F.E." (Franco Estius). Dimensions: 32,50 x 17,00 cm Literature: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 147 (Jacob Matham) Hollstein 265 New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 491-497 (Hendrick Goltzius; Prints after inventions by Goltzius) Bartsch III.165.127 . Jacob Matham (publisher/printer; printmaker; Dutch; Male; 1571 - 1631) Engraver and publisher in Haarlem. Pupil and stepson of Goltzius, who had married his mother in 1579. In Italy 1593-7. He took over the Goltzius shop in Haarlem around 1600. In 1601 Matham received his own privilege from Prague. Bibliography: Bartsch III, Hollstein, New Hollstein Lena Widerkehr, 'Jacob Matham Goltzij Privignus: Jacob Matham graveur et ses rapports avec Hendrick Goltzius',Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 42-3 (1991 Medium: Engraving Circa: 1593 Notes: All measurements are taken on the plate mark. All lot's are listed with several high resolution images, which is the best way to give a clear and objective idea of the general very good condition. Textual condition description is limited, so please examine the images carefully and ask for more info if needed. Condition: Good impression on watermarked laid paper trimmed just inside, just outside plate border. Tipped with four corners on a collection sheet.