Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Allegorical representation with a monster trampling the New Testament and other books, verso lower left - stamped, A group of clerics harass a one-eyed monster with hooves and a dragon's tongue. The monster tramples the New Testament and books about saints. He is accompanied by a mandarin with a large hat, who tears up a book of saints. Another man hits the man's buttocks with a rod. On the right, a man tries to shoot the monster with a bow and arrow. In the background, a group of clerics looking up to heaven. On the left, bags of money, pamphlets and attributes of a cardinal and bishop descend from heaven. On the right, the Lamb on the book with the seven seals and the Bible surrounded by a heavenly light. In the margin a twelve-line caption, in two columns, in French., print, engraving, title page, prints, height 159 mm, width 89 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1723 - 1723, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process)
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