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Pieter I de Jode

The Three Theological Virtures: Faith, Hope, and Charity, Surrounded by the Four Evangelists

before 1634
Pen and ink, brush and wash over chalk with indications of transfer

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

In the period, the virtue of Charity, also described as Love, seen here seated atop the plinth, was usually portrayed as a woman tending to three children.

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