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Faith

Designed by: Johannes Stradanus (Netherlandish, 1523–1605)
Engraved by: Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Platemark: 18.6 x 13.3 cm (7 5/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 19.5 x 14 cm (7 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6968
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Alvin 1368; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1365
Signed In circular cartouche: Io. Strad. inv./Hier. Wirix Sculp./Phls Galle. exc.
Marks Watermark [unidentified]; recto, lower left, in graphite: 1368; verso, collector's mark in black: [Franz Jozef von Enzenberg; Lugt 845]; collector's mark in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6968; in graphite: 1368.
InscriptionsIn plate, upper center: FIDES.; in rectangular space below main image: In Christo Iesu neq circoncisio aliquid valet neq praepu=/tium, sed fides quae per charitatem operatur. Gal. 5./1
ProvenanceFranz Jozef von Enzenberg (1802-1879, Innsbruck); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897