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Spes (Hope)
Artist
Production date
1559
Collection
Object number
KdZ 715
Material
Pen and dark brown ink, contours incised
Inscription
Signed at lower right: BRUEGEL 1559; inscribed at lower centre: SPES; at upper centre, near the top of crucifix: INRI (in reverse); in the margin in sepia ink by a different hand: Iucundissima est spei persuasio et vite imprimis, Necessaria inter tot aerumnas peneq[ue] intolerabilis [Sweet is the trust that springs from hope, without which we could not endure life's many and almost unbearable adversities]
Dimensions
29.5 cm x 22.4 cm
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