Identification title(s): faith causes persecution. Jacob's ladder or the allegory of the way to eternal salvation (series title). Object type: print serial number: 7/14object number: rp-p-bi-6546. X. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 193, new hollstein dutch 424. Note: heemskerck. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, bottom center verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: the personification of faith. In her hands the bible and the cross as a symbol of the persecution of christians. The print has a latin caption and is part of a fourteen-part series on the subject of how to achieve eternal bliss. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: dirck volckertsz. Coornhert, designed by: maarten van heemskerck (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: haarlem. Dating: 1550. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: top: w 142 mm × h 219 mm. Topic: what: eternal bliss; 'felicità eterna' (ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept), faith, 'fides'; 'fede', 'fede catholica', 'fede christiana', 'fede christiana catholica' (ripa) ~ one of the three theological virtues, cross ~ instruments of the passion, the bible as a book. Acquisition: unknown. Date: 1550.
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