Faith

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Jan Saenredam (engravers (printmakers))
,
Hendrick Goltzius (after)
,
Cornelius Schonaeus (author)
,
Claes Jansz II Visscher (publisher)

Date

1601

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
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.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Jan Saenredam VIAF RKD Wikidata, Hendrick Goltzius VIAF RKD Wikidata, Cornelius Schonaeus , Claes Jansz II Visscher
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 296 x 205 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-MZ-1
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations)
Tags female sex; woman Iconclass, adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass, the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass, Faith, 'Fides'; 'Fede', 'Fede catholica', 'Fede christiana', 'Fede christiana catholica' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues Iconclass, crucifix ~ personal devotion Iconclass, cross ~ instruments of the Passion Iconclass, chalice Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Iconclass, flowers Iconclass, garland, wreath Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MZ-1
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11712/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-MZ-1
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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