Netherlands, Germany, De Rede maart de kerken tot vertolzaamheid, Reason urges the churches to tolerance. The pope, Luther and Calvin are seated at a table. Two cats are sitting on the shoulders of the pope who is eating porridge, Luther is playing the lute and Calvin is squeezing orange juice onto his veal. On the left a Baptist is kneeling by the fireplace. Above the fireplace a group of statues of Charity. In the foreground is a personification of Reason (Ratio) in the figure of a kitchen maid, on the right by the door another kitchen maid who probably personifies Tolerance with a deer (a reference to Coornhert?). Allegory on the Reformation, theme from around 1560. In the depiction several cartouches with texts in German. With a caption of 10 lines in which the depiction is explained in detail. German copy after an unknown Dutch original., print, engraving, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 261 mm, width 345 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1560 - 1599, third quarter 16th century, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving (printing process), Work conception
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