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Series Title: Parable of the Sower

The Seed Received among the Thorns

1574

Philip Galle

(Flemish, 1537–1612)

after Gerard van Groeningen

(Flemish)
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Culture
Netherlands
Medium
engraving
Credit Line
L. E. Holden Fund 2023.128.3
Catalogue raisonné
New Hollstein, Philips Galle 150 i/ii
Public Domain
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Not on view
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The female figure at left, representing Avarice, carries a large, laden moneybag in her right hand.

Description

This is one of a series of four prints portraying the biblical parable of the sower, made in Antwerp (in present-day Belgium) at the end of the 1500s. The parable compares types of soil to people in the world: one hardened; one fickle; one distracted by things of the world; and one with an open heart, ready to accept God. The third sower (here, portrayed as a pilgrim) distractedly throws seeds among thorns. He is surrounded by two female personifications—Cares of the World, and Avarice (extreme greed for money)—indicating the source of his distraction from religious piety. This print relates to a preparatory drawing in the museum’s collection (2012.4).

The Seed Received among the Thorns

1574

Philip Galle, Gerard van Groeningen

(Flemish, 1537–1612), (Flemish)
Netherlands

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