Corrupt rulers and the Spanish Inquisition Companies Murder, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, After Adriaan de Weerdt, 1604 print The personification of abuse (Abusus) and Spanish Inquisition (Inquisitio Hispanica) try to influence the secular authorities. Abuse tries to hide his monstrous nature by a mask and a cloak. In his left hand a broken staff, symbol for the broken power of the prince. The Spanish Inquisition is wearing a burning torch, a sword and a gallows rope, instruments of torture and execution. In her left hand she presses the heart of Christ with a press. The print has a Dutch, Lat
Corrupt rulers and the Spanish Inquisition Companies Murder, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, After Adriaan de Weerdt, 1604 print The personification of abuse (Abusus) and Spanish Inquisition (Inquisitio Hispanica) try to influence the secular authorities. Abuse tries to hide his monstrous nature by a mask and a cloak. In his left hand a broken staff, symbol for the broken power of the prince. The Spanish Inquisition is wearing a burning torch, a sword and a gallows rope, instruments of torture and execution. In her left hand she presses the heart of Christ with a press. The print has a Dutch, Latin and French caption and is part of a twelve -part series with the subject of the degeneration of the Catholic clergy and the causes of the rebellion and the iconoclasm. print maker: Germanyafter design by: Colognepublisher: The Hague paper etching / engraving Misuse, Misemployment. ruler, sovereign Low Countries
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