Faith

Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)

Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)

Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)

about 1559

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsOther (engraved border): 22.1 x 29.1 cm (8 11/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 22.5 x 29.4 cm (8 7/8 x 11 9/16 in.)

Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund

Accession number30.1078.1

On View

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ClassificationsPrints

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InscriptionsInscribed in plate, beneath the figure of Faith, lower center: FIDES; lower left: Cock exc; lower right: Brugel Inu; on cross, upper center: INRI; in margin below image, lower left to right: FIDES MAXIMÈ Á NOBIS CONSERVANDA EST PRAECIPVE IN RELIGIONEM,/QVIA DEVS PRIOR ET POTENTIOR EST QVAM HOMO. [Above all we must preserve faith, particularly in respect to religion, for God comes before all, and is mightier than man]

ProvenanceMay 6 - 8, 1930, C.G. Boerner sale, Leipzig, lot 174; 1930, purchased from that sale through P & D Colnaghi & Co. (dealer), London, by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 1, 1930)