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The Seed Falling by the Wayside
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The Seed Falling by the Wayside

Philip Galle (Flemish, 1537–1612), artist; Gerard van Groeningen (Flemish), artist · 1574 · engraving

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About this work

This is one of a series of four prints portraying the biblical parable of the sower, made in Antwerp (in present-day Belgium) at the end of the 1500s. The parable compares types of soil to people in the world: one hardened; one fickle; one distracted by things of the world; and one with an open heart, ready to accept God. In this image of the sower hardened to the word of God, the man has fallen asleep beside the field while a small devil steals the word of God from his heart.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineParable of the Sower: The Seed Falling by the Wayside, 1574. Philip Galle (Flemish, 1537–1612), after Gerard van Groeningen (Flemish). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, L. E. Holden Fund, 2023.128.1
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