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Man Must Kill His Desires
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Allegorical illustration of the Bible text in Galatians 5:24, stating that those who belong to Christ have crucified their own nature with all passion and desire. Desire hangs in the form of a naked and blindfolded woman and man on two crosses. A man pierces the side of the woman with a spear. On the right a snake on a cross as a symbol of the crucified evil. On the clouds Christ. Below the image explanatory verses and a reference to the Bible text in Latin and Dutch.
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Credit lineDe Mens moet zijn begeerten doden. 1578 - 1582. Hendrick Goltzius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
