The female personification of Faith, one of the three divine (or cardinal) virtues, sits down with a cross and a chalice in her hands. Above her head, putti fly with a laurel wreath and flowers.
| Artist |
Jan Saenredam
RKD
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Hendrick Goltzius
RKD
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Cornelius Schonaeus
Wikidata
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Claes Jansz II Visscher
RKD
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| Title | Faith |
| Date | 1601 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Location | Amsterdam TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-MZ-1 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MZ-1 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11712/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11M31
Faith, 'Fides'; 'Fede', 'Fede catholica', 'Fede christiana', 'Fede christiana catholica' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues
Iconclass
11Q651 crucifix ~ personal devotion Iconclass 11Q71441 chalice Iconclass 25G41 flowers Iconclass 25G4111 garland, wreath Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73D82(CHALICE) single instruments of the Passion (CHALICE) Iconclass 73D82(CROSS) cross ~ instruments of the Passion Iconclass 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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