The Seed Falling among the Stones
1574
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1574
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Seed Falling among the Stones is a 1574 by Philip Galle, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A farmer scatters seed on rocky ground while a man in robes holds a cross behind him. The plants wither, and the farmer looks away, hands raised. This is one of four prints illustrating a Bible story about different kinds of faith. The stones stand for people who lose interest when things get hard. The artist made it in Antwerp, now part of Belgium, in the late 1500s. To see how other artists showed the same story, look up the subject *netherlands*.
