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ID: 901000508
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000508
Record Type: Character/Person

Faith, Hope, and Charity (allegorical characters)

Note: Figures, often three women, representing the three divine virtues that, according to Christian theology, are granted by God.

Names:
Faith, Hope, and Charity (allegorical characters) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Miscellaneous Topics (P)
....<Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme> (P)
........<Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters> (P)
............Faith, Hope, and Charity (allegorical characters) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... allegory (artistic device)
.....(symbolism (artistic concept), artistic devices, artistic concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Faith, Hope, and Charity (allegorical characters)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Courtauld's Art and Architecture online (1999-) http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/146b96ac.html

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