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Zeal for the Faith Plays a Lyre
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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A woman with a flame on her head, possibly personification of religious zeal, sits in an Arcadian landscape and plays a lyre. Around her sit putti engaged in religious lessons. One of them studies the stone tablets, two others read to each other from the Bible. On the ground lie the instruments of Christ's martyrdom. From the sky a dove as a symbol of the Holy Spirit shines on the woman.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineGeloofsijver bespeelt een lier. 1744. Gerrit de Broen (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
