Antwerp, Moretus, Johannes (II), Galle, Theodoor, Kortrijk, David, Jan, Duodecim Specula Deum, Twelve mirrors with which man tries to see God, Specvlvm Ocvlorvm Alienorvm, Mirror of fame, verso center bottom - stamped, In the center foreground a man is anointed, surrounded by his followers. In the background the goddesses Isis and Hera with their followers; a crocodile; King Ahab of Israel and King Herod. The print has a Latin caption: 'In basulisci oculis vis bellus stulte videri? Maius adulantum lumina virus habent'. At the bottom a legend of the scenes that are numbered alphabetically in the image. The print is part of a twelve-part series (V of XII prints) on the subject of twelve mirrors through which man tries to see God., print, book illustration, prints, height 152 mm, width 89 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1571 - 1633, print maker, printmaker, 1610 - 1610, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1543 - 1613, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, - 1618
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Antwerp, Moretus, Johannes, Ii, Galle, Theodoor, Kortrijk, David, Jan, Duodecim Specula Deum, Twelve mirrors, man tries, see God, Specvlvm Ocvlorvm Alienorvm, Mirror, fame, verso center bottom - stamped, center foreground, man, anointed, surrounded, followers, background, goddesses Isis, Hera, crocodile, King Ahab, Israel, King Herod, print, Latin caption, In basulisci oculis vis bellus stulte videri, Maius adulantum lumina virus habent, bottom, legend, scenes, numbered alphabetically, image, part, twelve-part series, V, XII prints, subject, twelve mirrors, book illustration, prints, height 152 mm, width 89 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1571 - 1633, print maker, printmaker, 1610 - 1610, paper, engraving, printing process, 1543 - 1613, writer, Publication, Event, publisher, - 1618
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