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Fides, Maarten van Heemskerck

Maarten van Heemskerck

Fides

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Maarten van Heemskerck

Fides, 1556

Blatt: 300 x 218 mm

Inventory Number: 13754

Object Number: 13754 Z

Acquisition: Acquired in 1916

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Fides

Draughtsman

Maarten van Heemskerck

Period Produced

16th century

School

Object Type

drawing

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Netherlandish

Production Reason

Pictorial drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert und datiert unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): Martinus v~d~/ Heeskerck / Inventor / 1556; bezeichnet in der Darstellung mittig auf der Steintafel: deze / vrese / des here[n]; unten mittig auf dem Sockel: een steen Chrijstus ghenaemt; oben rechts: 4[?]

Captions Added Later: Verso bezeichnet oben links (mit der Feder in Braun): [unleserlich] 40 [unleserlich]

Watermark: Nicht vorhanden

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

96A5(FIDES)Fides (faith) as Roman personification

Secondary

41B3(+1)lighting; lamps (+ kindling a light; lit, burning light, lamp, candle)
71E137the new tables of the law (Exodus 34)
48C244(+0)pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm) (+ variant)

Alternative

11M31Faith, 'Fides'; 'Fede', 'Fede catholica', 'Fede christiana', 'Fede christiana catholica' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues

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06.11.2024