Drowning death of Cornelis Sylvius, The print shows the heroic death of the Jesuit Cornelis Sylvius. In the middle of a stormy sea, the priest holds a crucifix in the air with his right hand. A chalice is tied to his belt. A sailor's corpse floats next to him. In the background a ship that is the plaything of the raging waves. One of the sailors is still on the ship, kneeling and praying. The print has a Dutch caption: 'P. Cornelius Sylvius of the Society after having made the boat shells in a gruesome time and being damned to death, drowned with great piety.' Numbered top right: 207., print,

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