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Saint Ignatius of Loyola with IHS Monogram
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Saint Ignatius of Loyola with IHS Monogram

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert · 1622 · engraving; paper

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

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Ignatius of Loyola as a man of middle age, balding with a short, dark beard. His head is surrounded by a halo, a few tears roll out of the right eye. His chasuble is richly embroidered. The right hand is raised, the left hand rests on his attribute: an open book with the inscription Ad majorem Dei Gloriam (To greater glory of God), the beginning words of the rule of the Jesuits. Top right, above a number of clouds, appear in a beam of light the letters IHS, the monogram of the order. Below the image is a text with the merits of the saints.

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Credit lineHeilige Ignatius van Loyola met monogram IHS. 1622. Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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