Prudence Theme Pages

Prudence is one of the four cardinal virtues of the Ancient World. Signifying discretion and judgement through reason, prudence often shown avoiding mirrors, and is associated with snakes in Mathew's Gospel.

art of the base of the tomb of the cardinals of Amboise in Rouen Cathedral this figure of Temperance was sculpted between 1515 and 1525 by Roullant Le Roux.