Man tormented by conscience and Despair and finding the Grace of God way of salvation of man (series title) Two biblical allegories in architectural frame. Links Man is tormented by the personifications of Conscience, which sits on top of him and Despair, beating him with a whip. Right turns Man, tormented by the personifications of Death, Sin and Despair, toward God, which appears with open arms in a cloud and the man calls his grace. Under both performances a four-line verse in Low German and a four-line text in Latin. No. 17 and 18 from a reformed series on the sin and justification of the
Man tormented by conscience and Despair and finding the Grace of God way of salvation of man (series title) Two biblical allegories in architectural frame. Links Man is tormented by the personifications of Conscience, which sits on top of him and Despair, beating him with a whip. Right turns Man, tormented by the personifications of Death, Sin and Despair, toward God, which appears with open arms in a cloud and the man calls his grace. Under both performances a four-line verse in Low German and a four-line text in Latin. No. 17 and 18 from a reformed series on the sin and justification of the mens. Manufacturer : print maker: French Huys To design: Gerard van Groeningen Place manufacture: Antwerpen Date: 1546 - 1562 Physical characteristics: engra material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: plate edge : h 273 mm × W 360 mmToelichtingDe iconography of this print is based on Monogrammist NG. Image: Scribner, Robert William. For the sake of simple folk: popular propaganda for the German Reformation. Cambridge [etc.]: Cambridge University Press, 1981. Subject: Conscience; 'Coscienza' (RIPA) (+ clothed with wings) Despair; 'Disperatione' (RIPA) Death axis skeleton - FF - Death axis female mercy, Compassion; "Compas Sione ',' Misericordia '(Ripa) doctrine on original sin, and Redemption
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