Légende
Fides et Charitas, Fides (Faith) en Charitas (Love), Opera Varia Historica, Poetica & Iconologica, Various designs, print, printmaker: Samuel Bottschild, Germany, publisher: Johann Christoph Weigel, Dresden, 1693, Saxony, paper, etching, height 188 mm x width 245 mm, Print from the series 'Opera Varia Historica, Poetica & Iconologica', published in 1693. This series covers almost the complete oeuvre of the artist and consists of 48 prints, mainly designs for ceilings., Faith, 'Fides', 'Fede', 'Fede catholica', 'Fede christiana', 'Fede christiana catholica' (Ripa), one of the Three Theological Virtues, Charity, 'Caritas', 'Carità' (Ripa), sitting or standing on clouds - AA - female human figure, A circular ink drawing shows two seated female figures on a cloudlike platform, one reclining with flowing hair and draped fabric holding an infant at her breast while a small cherubic child leans beside her, and the other veiled and looking upward while holding a cup and a large cross; a winged childlike figure holds an open book in front of the veiled figure, and stylized clouds fill the upper arc of the circle with hatching lines throughout the composition.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26A83_391
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
42.9Mo (11.8Mo) / 37.4cm x 28.7cm / 4421 x 3395 (300dpi)