Chastity
Girl has covered face, because she protect herself in front of badness around her. Turtle doves under hem of coat represent marital love and faithfulness. Relief displays escape of chaste Josef Egyptsky in front of seductive Putifarka.
Anger
A coat is angrily taken off by a woman. She is dressed in armour reminding that people are in anger resistant towards to every persuade.
Envy
Skinny old woman with envy bites her tongue. Around her body are spanned snakes carrying in themselves poison of envy. Dog is like all of jealous men, furious.
Faith
Elemental christian virtue. Girl hugs crucifix, symbol of faith, by legs the Pope’s tiara, symbol of church.
Honesty
Girl with heart on palm. Steps on mask, because honest people despise of pretence. Dove reminds love and cleanness.
Patience
Girl caress lamb on memory saying: „patient like a lamb“ Christ was also displayed like a lamb. On relief, by legs, there is symbol of suffering from Bible – Job.
Generous
Girl offers from her horn of bounty fruits of the Earth to incoming.
Braveness
Woman in ancient armour leans on torso of column, symbol of stability. In left hand holds marshal’s stick.
Justice
Traditionaly illustrated like a woman with bandaged eyes, because she judges according to people acts, not like they look like. In raised hand she kept iron scales, to measure man’s deed. With sword punishes injustice.
Adultery
Half-naked girl looks at herself in a mirror, she doesn’t see herself, but her real face – monkey face. She hugs monkey, symbol of lecherous. She steps on books, because she despises with education and religion. She sells for money her body.
Pride
Woman in proud pose, in rich dress, on her forehead keeps fan from peacock’s feathers.
Defamation
A girl pokes out her tongue, like is just talking badly about someone. In hands dozes burning sheaf of a straw, because defamation spreads with speed of a fire. By a shoulder sits jackdaw, symbol of gossips. On dresses are various masks, changing according to who makes defamation or adulate to someone. False leg reminds, that defamation will not reach far.
Diligence
Times before, a girl, she had raised hand with iron cone with weight. She leans on beehive, because bee is symbol of feature. Hourglass reminds, that hardworking appreciate their time. By legs rooster pecks, because hardworking man starts his day early in the morning, after rooster’s crow.
Hope
Girl looks to the sky, from where she is waiting salvation. Anchor reminds awaiting, hope.
Wise
Woman with three faces, where is access of wise man to the world. Back looks into past, where is advice for present (front face). Third face in a mirror expresses, there is neccessary to have in memory a future. Snake around hand symbolize cleverness.
Slyness
A girl in a mask, because her real nature can’t be never known. In hand carries fish, slimy like slyness people. By legs is fox – astute.
Frivolity
The only one plastic without attributes (objects or animals), a feature expresses dancing girl with cheek full of laugh and vanity.
Lakomství
Ugly old woman covetously look on purse with money. In second hand she has debenture. Coffer with treasure guard devil with two horns of bounty. On a coffer is frog, miserly people sit on their money, like she on her source. Wolf is voracious like misers.
Love
Last from elemental trio of virtues, displayed like maternity love.
Despair
Woman in a desperate situation thrusts a dagger into her chest. On a stump, there is additional suicidal symbol of end of life – a rope.
Laziness
Sleepy girl lazily leans on symbol of foolishness and laziness – donkey.
Matthias Bernard Braun (Czech: Matyáš Bernard Braun, 24 February 1684 in Sautens near Innsbruck - 15 February 1738 in Prague) was a sculptor and carver active in the Czech lands, one of the most prominent late baroque style sculptors in the area.
