Cartoon on the Brotherhood of the Red Cross [the Rosicrucians], Satire with the painting of the Antichrist, ca. 1650, Satire with the painting of the Antichrist, ca. 1650. Interior of an inn in which a painter paints the portrait of the summoned Antichrist or devil paints on the bare behind of a bent-over man with a crown on his head. The devil stands on a cloud of smoke, accompanied by a globe and tongs. On the left at a table a man with a glass of wine, a lute player and a young woman. Behind the painter a fool with a top hat, large collar and big nose. Behind it stands a man with a model of a castle. On the right, a Dutch sailor with a fur hat in his hand watches. In the caption a verse of two times five lines. The verse speaks of a meeting of the brotherhood of the Red Cross [the Rosicrucians or Rosicrucians], the clothing of two of the persons is decorated on the sleeve with a cross. The scene probably relates to the poet Mattheus Gansneb Tengnagel., print, print maker: Pieter Nolpe, (mentioned on object), after design by: Pieter Jansz Quast, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1623 - 1647, paper, etching, engraving, height, 371 mm × width, 350 mm
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