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Narrow way to heaven / Stoning of Stephen / Christ points the way to heavenly Jerusalem / Besieging of the heart
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Four representations. Top left: Faith, with a cross in hand, points two people to the heavenly Jerusalem where a narrow road leads to. Top right: Stephen is stoned, while Saul watches the cloaks. Bottom left: Faith, with a cross in hand, and Christ point a woman to the heavenly Jerusalem and the narrow road that leads there. Lady World and a man try to prevent her from it. Bottom right: the siege of a walled city, which represents the siege of the human heart. In the background the gate is stormed with a battering ram.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSmalle weg naar de hemel / Steniging van Stefanus / Christus wijst de weg naar het hemels Jeruzalem / Belegering van het hart. in or before 1767. Cornelis van Noorde. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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