Fides (Faith)

Philip Galle, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612
Pieter Bruegel, the elder, Netherlandish, 1520 - 1569

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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

Print

Research Area

Print

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

History 96.39, Saints and Relics, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2024

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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