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Admonishing sinners
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Admonishing sinners

Philips Galle · 1577 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

Admonishing sinners as one of the seven spiritual works of mercy. In the center various depictions of people being corrected. Around the central image depictions of Bible stories related to admonishing sinners. Top left a man with a beam in his eye pointing out the splinter in another man's eye, top right Moses and Jethro, bottom right Nathan and King David, and bottom left Abraham and Lot. On the left and right King David and Paul. Within the image various Bible texts in Latin. Below the image a four-line verse in Latin. This print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVermanen van zondaars. 1577. Philips Galle. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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