A procession of Jesuits armed with axes tries tree of reform to cut, ca. 1600-1620. The tree rises to the body of Martin Luther. The tree female personifications of Love, Faith, Hope and patientia. In the background the machinations of the Jesuits left the mouth of hell and the devil. The print belongs to a pamphlet entitled Der Jesuit Ankunfft / Blutdurstige ratschlag und Laboratory from 1618 following the expulsion of the Jesuits in Bohemia in that year. This copy is missing the corresponding text sheet. Cartoon on the Roman kerk. Manufacturer : print maker: anonymous location manufacture: G
A procession of Jesuits armed with axes tries tree of reform to cut, ca. 1600-1620. The tree rises to the body of Martin Luther. The tree female personifications of Love, Faith, Hope and patientia. In the background the machinations of the Jesuits left the mouth of hell and the devil. The print belongs to a pamphlet entitled Der Jesuit Ankunfft / Blutdurstige ratschlag und Laboratory from 1618 following the expulsion of the Jesuits in Bohemia in that year. This copy is missing the corresponding text sheet. Cartoon on the Roman kerk. Manufacturer : print maker: anonymous location manufacture: Germany Date: 1618 Physical characteristics: etching and engra material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: H 276 mm × W 323 mm Subject: Reformation (Roman Catholic Church vs. Protestantism) abuses of the clergy, eg simonyregular clerics, eg Jesuits, Redemptorist Reformation Counter Reformation When: 1618 - 1618
Size: 1687px × 1481px
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