Cartoon on the greed and wealth of the Catholic clergy, Abuses of the Catholic clergy (series title), L'abregé du faux Clergé Romain (series title on object), Christ as Man of Sorrows surrounded by members of the Roman Catholic Church. To the right, monks turn a wheel (La banque de St. Esprit). By doing so they literally squeeze money out of Christ's wounds. Poor and invalids catch the coins flowing from the body of Christ. On the left, the pope and the bishops. They too are collecting money. Below, a 16-line French verse., print maker: Jacob Gole, (possibly), after print by: Romeyn de Hooghe,
Cartoon on the greed and wealth of the Catholic clergy, Abuses of the Catholic clergy (series title), L'abregé du faux Clergé Romain (series title on object), Christ as Man of Sorrows surrounded by members of the Roman Catholic Church. To the right, monks turn a wheel (La banque de St. Esprit). By doing so they literally squeeze money out of Christ's wounds. Poor and invalids catch the coins flowing from the body of Christ. On the left, the pope and the bishops. They too are collecting money. Below, a 16-line French verse., print maker: Jacob Gole, (possibly), after print by: Romeyn de Hooghe, (attributed to), Amsterdam, 1688 - 1692, paper, etching, height 218 mm × width 320 mm
Size: 4438px × 3320px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 16-line, 218, 320, 1688, 1692, abuses, amsterdam, attributed, banque, bishops, body, cartoon, catch, catholic, christ, christs, church, clergy, clergé, coins, collecting, de, du, esprit, etching, faux, flowing, french, gole, greed, height, hooghe, invalids, jacob, la, labregé, left, literally, maker, man, members, mm, money, monks, object, paper, poor, pope, print, romain, roman, romeyn, series, sorrows, squeeze, st, surrounded, title, turn, verse, wealth, wheel, width, wounds, ×
