Allegorical representation with a monster trampling on the New Testament and other books
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
A group of clergymen attacks a one-eyed monster with hooves and a dragon's tongue. The monster tramples the New Testament and books about saints. He is accompanied by a learned man (mandarin) with a large hat, who tears a book of saints. Another man strikes his buttocks with a rod. To the right, a man tries to shoot the monster down with a bow and arrow. In the background a group of clergymen looking up to the sky. To the left, bags of money, pamphlets, and attributes of a cardinal and bishop descend from the sky. To the right the Lamb on the book with the seven seals and the Bible surrounded by heavenly light. In the margin a twelve-line caption, in two columns, in French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
