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Georg Pencz

Triumph of Chastity: unicorns draw a carriage bearing a female figure seated next to a sphinx and holding a standard, Vestal virgins walk behind the carriage, round temple of Vesta at right, from the series 'The Triumphs of Petrarch'

ca. 1539
Engraving
16.9 × 24.6 cm (6.7 × 9.7 in)

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