The Cardinal Virtues are Temperance, Prudence, Justice, and Fortitude.
The three Theological Virtues are Faith, Hope, and Charity. |
I remember that I painted this on the veranda. It was this kind of sky, too. The tree is heart shaped and the blodvessels are branches.
Next thing was to draw the design in charcoal on handcoloured paper.
A Virginal is a keyboard instrument with the strings parallell with the keyboard -thus its very long shape.
Inside the lid is often a painting that the player could look at and dream away while playing. Many old instruments have beautiful paintings inside the lid. This one (a copy, not an original) doesn't have a painting inside.