page_title: Patience
section_title: Religious perspectives
hierarchical_section_title: Patience / Religious perspectives
caption_attribution_description: English: Three virtues. Plate 2: Patience, whole-length seated in left profile looking up, wearing a wreath and resting her hand on a book on a ledge, before a column. Title: "2 Patientia". In the bottom margin, the Latin inscription: "Excitat, et digna constans Patientia laude". Engraving on paper by Jan Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius. Dimensions: weight = 365 millimetres; width = 242 millimetres. Location: British Museum, Department of Prints &amp; Drawings. Museum collocation: D+F XVIc Mounted Roy. Museum number: 1857,0613.572. Acquisition date: 1857.
context_page_description: Patience is the ability to endure difficult circumstances such as perseverance in the face of delay; tolerance of provocation without responding in annoyance/anger; or forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties. Patience is the level of endurance one can have before negativity. It is also used to refer to the character trait of being steadfast. Antonyms include hastiness and impetuousness.
caption: Three virtues by Jan Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius. This is plate 2, titled Patientia.
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