God hands out different tasks to the three positions, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1638 print God, sitting on a cloud with Cherubin, gives the kneeling pope, emperor and farmer each an assignment. The pope, as head of the spiritual stand, should pray for the souls of each individual (TU precare). The emperor, together with the rest of the ruling class, must maintain the rule of law (TU Iustitiam Exercere). The farmer represents most of the population, the third position. He must work to feed the rest of the population and create prosperity (TU Labora). The print has a Latin cap
God hands out different tasks to the three positions, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1638 print God, sitting on a cloud with Cherubin, gives the kneeling pope, emperor and farmer each an assignment. The pope, as head of the spiritual stand, should pray for the souls of each individual (TU precare). The emperor, together with the rest of the ruling class, must maintain the rule of law (TU Iustitiam Exercere). The farmer represents most of the population, the third position. He must work to feed the rest of the population and create prosperity (TU Labora). The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about the different tasks of the three positions print maker: Haarlemafter design by: HaarlemHaarlempublisher: Antwerp paper engraving the three Estates: nobility, clergy, commoners. God the Father
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