Charity with Faith and Hope

c. 1593

Gerrit Pietersz Sweelinck

Associated Names
Gerrit Pietersz Sweelinck

Artist, Dutch, 1566 - before 1612

Claes Jansz Visscher

Publisher, Dutch, 1586/1587 - 1652

The image depicts a woman seated with a child in her arms, accompanied by another child-like figure. The woman faces slightly to the left, looking down at the child she holds. Her features are soft, and she has curly hair framing her face. She is dressed elegantly, with flowing fabric. The child in her arms looks upwards, and the accompanying figure to the right holds a cross. The background features clouds and rays of sunlight, creating a serene atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26 × 19.2 cm (10 1/4 × 7 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 34 × 25.1 cm (13 3/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.40.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 3, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Art-Torg, Prague, 18 February 2017, no. 126); (Bassenge, Berlin, sale #111, 30 May 2018, no. 5164); (Jan Johnson, Montreal);

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2022

  • The Renaissance in the North: New Prints and Perspectives, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2022.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, no. 3, iii/iii.

Inscriptions

lower center, within image, in plate: CIVisscher excu.; lower right, within image, in plate: G.P. Fecit; in margin below image, in plate: Virtus quidem magna est FIDES, / Nec SPES Fide Virtus minor: / Sed, teste Christi Apostolo, / Est maxima harum CHARITAS.

Markings

none

Watermarks

small foolscap

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