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Priest embracing a monstrance with a skull
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Priest embracing a monstrance with a skull

Jacob Gole · 1724 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

A fat priest embraces a monstrance in the form of a skeleton. The print is part of a 50-part series with the subject of the abuses of the Catholic clergy.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
cartoonprintfat (human type)priest (Roman Catholic)ostensorium, monstrancemonk(s), friar(s)(human) skeleton
Credit linePriester omarmt monstrans met doodshoofd. 1724. Jacob Gole. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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