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Allegory on the worship of evil within the Roman Catholic Church
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Allegory on the worship of evil within the Roman Catholic Church

Bernard Picart · 1721 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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A Roman Catholic cleric, closely followed by other clerics, offers a bag of money to a group of personified sins and demons.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printDissimulation, Hypocrisy
Credit lineAllegorie op het aanbidden van kwaad binnen de rooms-katholieke kerk. 1721. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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