Groeningen, Gerard van, Antwerp, Huys, Frans, The Way of Salvation of Man, The Justified Man Tested and the Death of Man, verso - stamped, Two biblical allegories in an architectural setting. On the left Man, who is helped by the personifications of Faith, with cross and chalice, Hope, pointing upwards, and Patience. The personification of Persecution, with a sword, is stopped by Patience. Man is pulled by his leg by the Old Adam, his old sinful nature. On the right, Man dies the Lovely Death, which stands behind him as a skeleton with a scythe. Next to Man stands a preacher, who reads to him from the Gospel. In the foreground a coffin. The representation depicts how man is saved by faith. Below both representations a four-line verse in Low German and a four-line text in Latin. Numbers 23 and 24 from a reformed series on the sinfulness and justification of man., print, prints, height 273 mm, width 361 mm, 1522 - 1562, print maker, printmaker, 1546 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engr