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Christ riding on a donkey
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Christ riding on a donkey

Monogrammist GK (prentmaker, 17e eeuw) · c. 1661 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, riding on a donkey. Contrast regarding the type of riding animal. Mirror-image copy of the print by Lucas Cranach in the pamphlet 'Passional Christi und Antichristi' by Martin Luther from 1521, page from a 17th-century edition. The series of thirteen pairs of woodcuts depicts the contrasts between the humility and selflessness of Christ on the one hand, and the pride and greed of the Pope on the other.

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Credit lineChristus rijdend op een ezel. c. 1661. Monogrammist GK (prentmaker, 17e eeuw). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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