Persecution causes hope for redemption, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550 print A naked man wears a wooden cross on his back. He personifies the persecution of true Christians. In his right hand an anchor, the symbol of hope. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a fourteen -part series on the subject of the way to achieve eternal salvation. paper etching Eternal Bliss; 'Felicità eterna' (Ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept). cross ~ instruments of the Passion. Hope, 'Spes'; 'Speranza divina e certa' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues
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