324 - D. KRÜGER (*1575) after SARTO (*1483), Faith, an allegory of virtue, 1617, Copper engraving

D. KRÜGER (*1575) after SARTO (*1483), Faith, an allegory of virtue, 1617, Copper engraving Dietrich Krüger (around 1575 Hamburg - 1624 Rom) after Andrea del Sarto (1483 Florence - 1530 ibid.): Allegory of faith, one of the four allegorical cardinal virtues, 1617, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Date: 1617 Description: Female allegory of faith, frontal full-length figure standing in a niche. She is holding a chalice in her right hand and a crucifix in her left. Signed "Andrea del Sarto Inve" in the lower left of the print and "Teodoro Cruger sculp" on the right. Titled below with "IO CREDO IN UNO DIO TRINO; ED ETERNO". Keywords: 17th century, Baroque, Portraits, Germany, Size: Paper: 26,6 cm x 21,0 cm (10,5 x 8,3 in), Depiction: 26,5 cm x 20,8 cm (10,4 x 8,2 in) Condition: Very good condition. The trace of a crease diagonally across the lower left corner is recognisable.