Title: Prudence
Object type: Pendant
Date: ca. 1550–60, back: 19th century
Artist: Enamel on reverse after a design by Etienne Delaune 
Artist bio: French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Chalcedony, mounted in gold with enamel, rubies, emeralds, diamond, and pearl
Dimensions: Overall, with pendant pearl, without bail: 3 3/16 x 1 7/8 in. (8.2 x 4.8 cm); Overall, central commesso (confirmed): 1 9/16 x 1 7/16 in. (4 x 3.6 cm); 40 x 34.7 mm
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Snakes