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Faith (Fides), from "The Seven Virtues"

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Faith (Fides), from "The Seven Virtues"

Lucas van Leyden

1530

Medium

Engraving; first state

Tags

Books Female Nudes Cross

Dimensions

sheet: 6 5/8 x 4 5/16 in. (16.8 x 11 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1957

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Lucas van Leyden

1484–1533 • Northern Low Countries

Lucas van Leyden (1494–1533) was a Dutch painter and printmaker who stands among the greatest engravers of the Northern Renaissance. Born in Leiden as either Lucas Hugensz or Lucas Jacobsz, he lived and worked primarily in his native city, achieving international renown that rivaled the German master Albrecht Dürer.

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