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Fides

Fides

16th century

Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Flemish, 1525-1569

Jeronimus Cock

Flemish?, 1510-1570

The women at the center, shown with books and tablets representing the Word of God, embodies True Faith. The congregation, preoccupied with the formal rituals and sacraments of the Catholic Church, ignores the symbols of Christ's suffering and death placed near her. Like many other contemporary observers, Bruegel believed that ceremonies and relighious image endorsed by the Church distracted worshippers from the true Word of God.
Engraving
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
39.232
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "The Art of Protest" April 27, 2000 - January 21, 2001

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