Faith

published 1559

Philip Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Associated Names
Philip Galle

Artist, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Hieronymus Cock

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Artist After, Netherlandish, c. 1525/1530 - 1569

This is a drawing of a religious scene in a church. The drawing shows a congregation of hooded and robed figures gathered around pillars and altars in a grand architectural space with Gothic structures such as tall, pointed arches. A podium is visible to the right, where someone seems to be speaking to the crowd. Religious artifacts and symbols, including a cross, are present. In the foreground, various objects like a ladder, scrolls, tools, and paraphernalia are scattered around. The intricate details and monochrome palette create a solemn atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.228

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 309, State only

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1908

  • Bastelaer, Rene van. Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien. Brussels: G. van Oest et Cie, 1908.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Philips Galle, Manfred Sellink and Marjolein Leesberg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 309, state only.

Inscriptions

lower left, in image, in plate: Cock exc; lower center, in image, in plate: FIDES (Faith); lower right, in image, in plate: Brugel Inu; lower margin, in plate: FIDES MAXIMÈ Á NOBIS CONSERVANDA EST PRAECIPVE IN RELIGIONEM, / QVIA DEVS PRIOR EST POTENTIOR EST QVAN HOMO. (Above all we must keep faith, particularly in respect to religion, for God comes before all, and is mightier than man.) [translation from Nadine Orenstein, ed., Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Drawings and Prints. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, p. 179.]

Wikidata ID

Q65579214

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