Allegory with a Lion Deceived by the Catholic Church, ca. 1607, Gaetuli pastoris lybici fotografie, glaudii imperatoris tempore, sgo contra irrventis leonis impetum injecto, pudendam pene eius ferae domandae ratioem ostendit (title on object), Allegory with a Lion Deceived by the Catholic Church, ca. Catholic Church, ca. 1607. A Jesuit throws a cloth (falsa persuasio) over the head of a lion. On the right a group of foxes or wolves dressed as Catholics near three royal lions. On the left the Pope with other clergy in front of a tent. In the background a coastal landscape with various symbolic elements marked with numbers, but an explanation is missing. The title is a reference to C. Plinius Secundus, Naturalis historiae printed separately above the plate. It is unclear whether this performance is related to the events in the Netherlands., print, print maker: anonymous, Low Countries, (possibly), 1600 - 1610, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, height, 387 mm × width, 468 mm
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