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Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven / Give us this day our daily bread / And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors / And lead us not into temptation
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Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven / Give us this day our daily bread / And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors / And lead us not into temptation

Johannes Wierix · 1569 - 1573 · engraving; paper

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

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Two sheets with two prints from a series, originally bound as an album. First sheet, top: Men and women carry their cross and follow Christ who leads the way with his cross. In the clouds God the Father, surrounded by angels. The Latin inscription is a part of the prayer the Our Father. First sheet bottom: Men and women sit in the church on the floor and listen to a sermon by the priest. In the background at the altar a priest distributes the host to kneeling believers. To the right in a room a man prays. The Latin inscription is a part of the prayer the Our Father. Second sheet, top: Men ask forgiveness from God the Father. They pray towards heaven, where He looks down from a cloud to the earth. They also forgive each other so that God the Father can forgive them. The Latin inscription is a part of the prayer the Our Father. Second sheet, bottom: Men pray towards heaven, where God the Father looks down from a cloud to the earth.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineLaat uw wil gedaan worden op aarde zoals in de hemel / Geef ons vandaag het brood dat wij nodig hebben / Vergeef ons onze schulden, zoals ook wij hebben vergeven wie ons iets schuldig was / Breng ons . 1569 - 1573. Johannes Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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