Mirror of creation; Speciflvm creatvrarvm; Twelve mirrors with which man tries to see God; Duodecim Specula Deum. A man and a woman kneeling for a mirror. The mirror shows creation: sun, moon and a coastal landscape. Behind the mirror the heavenly kingdom with God on a throne. In the background show images of the divinity of creation: Growing nature; Jacob's ladder and the animals coming to the Saint Bernard. The print has a Latin caption: 'Quot Rerum Fspecies; Specvlis to Conditor VNUS Cernitur: Vtendo Gratus VT Effe Velis'. At the bottom of a legend of the scenes that are alphabetically numb
Mirror of creation; Speciflvm creatvrarvm; Twelve mirrors with which man tries to see God; Duodecim Specula Deum. A man and a woman kneeling for a mirror. The mirror shows creation: sun, moon and a coastal landscape. Behind the mirror the heavenly kingdom with God on a throne. In the background show images of the divinity of creation: Growing nature; Jacob's ladder and the animals coming to the Saint Bernard. The print has a Latin caption: 'Quot Rerum Fspecies; Specvlis to Conditor VNUS Cernitur: Vtendo Gratus VT Effe Velis'. At the bottom of a legend of the scenes that are alphabetically numbered in the image. The print is part of a twelval series (VIII from XII prints) with the subject twelve mirrors with which man tries to see God.
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Photo credit: © BTEU/RKMLGE / Alamy / Afripics
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