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Prayer (Precatio) Overcomes Hypocrisy (Fucus)

Johann Sadeler (I) · 1579 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

The personification Prayer (Precatio), with her hands folded. She looks towards the apparition of the Holy Spirit as a dove in the upper right corner. Prayer tramples the personification of Hypocrisy (Fucus), a monk with a rosary and a dagger. Around him lie attributes of the Roman Catholic Church.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print False Church personified (private) prayer monk(s), friar(s)candle Dissimulation, Hypocrisy

Credit lineGebed (Precatio) overwint Schijnheiligheid (Fucus). 1579. Johann Sadeler (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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