Allegory with female personifications of, among other things, truth and possibly virtues and vices, The Christian wholly and completely the property of Christ, shown in LIII predicatien over de catechism (title on object), Title page for: Johannes van der Kemp, De christen geheel en al het eigendom van Christus in leven en sterven, vertoont in drieenvyftig preikatien over den Heidelbergschen katechismus, 1736, Allegorie with female personifications. The personification of truth sits on a cloud with in her hands a horn of plenty and globe with the word veritas. A seated woman (Faith) whose attributes are a cross and anchor steps with her feet on a half-naked reclining woman (Superstition) holding a monstrance. Faith focuses on the gospel and the law (the stone tablets), lying on the scrolls of the prophets on a capital. Three seated women (three continents) holding, among other things, a censer, arrows and bow, and a scorpion watch the appearance of Truth., print maker: François van Bleyswijck, (mentioned on object), after own design by: François van Bleyswijck, (mentioned on object), publisher: Philippus Losel, publisher: Rotterdam, publisher: Rotterdam, publisher: Amsterdam, 1736, paper, etching, engraving, height 190 mm × width 145 mm
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