Groeningen, Gerard van, Antwerp, Huys, Frans, Salvation path of man, Ingenuity and the penitent man, verso - stamped, Two biblical allegories in an architectural setting. On the left the personification of blind Ingenuity, the inadequate human intellect, blindfolded and with a burning torch to show Man the way to justification before God. On the right Man in the habit of the penitence, kneeling before an altar with a representation of the Pieta. Man follows his ingenuity to avoid hell and earn heaven by performing good works. Below both representations a four-line verse in Low German and a four-line text in Latin. Numbers 9 and 10 from a reformed series on the sinfulness and justification of man., print, prints, height 273 mm, width 364 mm, 1522 - 1562, print maker, printmaker, 1546 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlands, 1515 - 1599
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Groeningen, Gerard van, Antwerp, Huys, Frans, Salvation path, man, Ingenuity, penitent man, verso - stamped, Two biblical allegories, architectural setting, left, personification, blind Ingenuity, inadequate human intellect, blindfolded, burning torch, Man, way, justification, God, right Man, habit, penitence, kneeling, altar, representation, Pieta, Man follows, ingenuity, avoid hell, earn heaven, performing good works, representations, four-line verse, Low German, four-line text, Latin, Numbers 9, 10, reformed series, sinfulness, print, prints, height 273 mm, width 364 mm, 1522 - 1562, print maker, printmaker, 1546 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, printing process, Work conception, South Netherlands, 1515 - 1599
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