Fides (Faith)
Philip Galle, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612
Pieter Bruegel, the elder, Netherlandish, 1520 - 1569
about 1559
Engraving on paper
Plate: 8 3/4 × 11 9/16 in. (22.3 × 29.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 1/16 in. (23.2 × 30.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund and the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund
2008.28
Portfolio / Series Title
The Seven Virtues
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Titled, in plate, lower centeer: FIDES; inscribed, in plate, lower left: Cock exc; inscribed, in plate, lower right: Brugel Inu; inscribed, in plate, lower margin, left to right: FIDES MAXIME A NOBIS CONSERVANDA EST PRAECIPVE IN RELIGIONEM, / QVIA DEVS PRIOR ET POTENTIOR EST QVAM HOMO.; inscribed, in graphite, on mat, lower center: Philips Galle 1537-1612 / after Pieter Brughel the Elder, c. 1525-1569 / Fides (Faith) from the series of Seven Virties [Seven Virtues underscored] c. 1559 / Van Bastelaer 132, only state; N. Orenstein Pieter Brugel [last two words underscored] / the Elder [underscored], MMA, 2001, no. 65; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, upper center: ST4282L43; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, upper left: 1034 [underscored, written vertically]; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, center: B108; inscribed, in graphite, lower right: 44; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, lower left: Burt [?] 132; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, lower right: 8782
Course History
HIST 96.39, Saints and Material Devotion, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Fall 2021
HIST 96.39, Saints and Relics, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Fall 2021
HIST 96.39, Saints and Material Devotion, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Fall 2021
Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023
Provenance
Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2008.
Catalogue Raisonne
Van Bastelaer 132, only state; N. Orenstein, Pieter Brueghle the Elder, MMM, 2001, no. 65.
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