Decepy leads the people to the downfall; Degening the Catholic clergy. The personification of temptation (SEDUCTIO) leads the three-headed people (vulgus) to a precipice. The people are divided and blindfolded. Temptation carries glasses and masks that symbolize its deception. In the background performances of this deception: a pilgrim with a Mariabeeld, a procession and the worship of an altarpiece. On the right one turns off from all these events. He leaves the show with a book and a horn. The print has a Dutch, Latin and French caption and is part of a twellable series with the degeneration
Decepy leads the people to the downfall; Degening the Catholic clergy. The personification of temptation (SEDUCTIO) leads the three-headed people (vulgus) to a precipice. The people are divided and blindfolded. Temptation carries glasses and masks that symbolize its deception. In the background performances of this deception: a pilgrim with a Mariabeeld, a procession and the worship of an altarpiece. On the right one turns off from all these events. He leaves the show with a book and a horn. The print has a Dutch, Latin and French caption and is part of a twellable series with the degeneration of the catholic clergy and the causes of the uprising and the images storm.
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