Patience

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Patience

Artist Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550)

Date1540

DimensionsH: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); W: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)

MediumEngraving.

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Carl B. Spitzer

Object number

1938.55

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Label TextPatience is the ability to tolerate or even ignore adversity: the capacity to forebear and remain calm. Sebald Beham depicts Patience as an angel holding a lamb while sitting on a plinth. Behind Patience a demon taunts her, while above, two cherub-like putti (classical figures often signifying the spiritual realm) are about to place a wreath of victory on her head.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Storytelling in Miniature, October 7, 2011-March 4, 2012.