Triptych with satirical scenes on the Protestants, Philip Fruytiers, After Marten van Cleve (I), c. 1650 Three anti-Protestant performances. On the left, the reformer Johannes Calvin accused of sodomy is branded with a lily on his shoulder. In the middle, Michael Napret is burned alive at the stake through Calvin. On the far right, the Reformator Theodorus Beza has a conversation with a woman and has hit his arm around a child. Under the performance is a text in four columns with an explanation in Dutch. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing political caricatures and satires. violent d
Triptych with satirical scenes on the Protestants, Philip Fruytiers, After Marten van Cleve (I), c. 1650 Three anti-Protestant performances. On the left, the reformer Johannes Calvin accused of sodomy is branded with a lily on his shoulder. In the middle, Michael Napret is burned alive at the stake through Calvin. On the far right, the Reformator Theodorus Beza has a conversation with a woman and has hit his arm around a child. Under the performance is a text in four columns with an explanation in Dutch. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing political caricatures and satires. violent death by burning at the stake; pyre. sodomy, sexual contact between men. brand ~ punishment
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