# Tree of Faith, Love, and Good Works

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BEHAM, Hans Sebald](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beham-hans-sebald-r40729a0e477792>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Woodcut

## Commentary

This woodcut illustrates the unity of faith, love, and work in a picture of the Christian Tree of Faith, as distinct from Adam and Eve&#39;s Tree of the Fall of Man. The first line of verse beneath reads: &#39;Faith is the tree, and work the fruit.&#39;

## Related artworks

- [Scenes from the Life of David](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beham-hans-sebald-r40729a0e477792/scenes-from-the-life-of-david-rf36771019f3f69>)
- [The Prodigal Son Wasting His Patrimony](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beham-hans-sebald-r40729a0e477792/the-prodigal-son-wasting-his-patrimony-r1a67b4e92a6004>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)