The female personification of Hope, one of the three divine virtues, sits down with an anchor under her legs. Above her head, putti fly with a laurel wreath and flowers.
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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 | Hope |
| 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-2 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MZ-2 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11681/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11M32
Hope, 'Spes'; 'Speranza divina e certa' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues
Iconclass
25G41 flowers Iconclass 25G4111 garland, wreath Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 46C215(ANCHOR) parts of ship's exterior: anchor Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Iconclass |
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