The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Faith, from the Cardinal Virtues

Faith, from the Cardinal Virtues

Publisher:: Assuerus van Londerseel (1572–1635)
Date:: 1648–56
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (10.8 × 8.2 cm)
Classification:: Prints
Credit Line:: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number:: 51.501.447(1)

This artwork is not on display

Description

The female figure Faith is depicted holding a cross to her right side with a tree stump behind, in an oval at center. Surrounding the oval, ornament design with grotesques and a mask at the top center. From a series of four plates.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Across bottom: 1 / NICOLUS DE BRUYN FE. FREDERICK DE WIDT EXCUDIT
Provenance

Princes of Liechtenstein, Vaduz and Vienna; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London ; Vendor: Gustav Mayer
Catalogue Raisonné

SKB 237(2); Hollstein IV.22.178
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Nicolaes de Bruyn (21)

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