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Three virtues: faith, love and hope
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Three virtues: faith, love and hope

Jan Ditmaer · 1577 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Three divine virtues: faith, love, represented as personification Caritas, and hope. In a frame with four medallions with symbols of the evangelists in the corners, supplemented with cartouches with biblical scenes: Crucifixion, Sacrifice of Isaac, Last Judgment, Job on the dunghill, Daniel in the lions' den, Ark of Noah after the flood and Jonah and the whale. Latin and Greek inscription in six lines.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineDrie deugden geloof, liefde en hoop. 1577. Jan Ditmaer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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