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Catholics surrender to gluttony and lust
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Catholics surrender to gluttony and lust

William Loggan · 1681 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Satirical print on the fall of James II and his Catholic followers including Father Peters (Edward Petre; personification of the dissolute monk). Interior where Catholics indulge in gluttony and lust. Feast where monks, a priest, a hermit and other Catholic clerics indulge in excessive eating and drinking in the company of naked and scantily clad women. Also Father Peters with his foot on the Bible. On the walls representations of the fox preaching and hearing confessions. On the right by the bed with the sleeping and naked woman, devils stoke the fire under the world and Greed counts the earned money. On the left Envy gnaws at a heart. A personification of Wrath holds the door shut for curious (Protestant) visitors. The women symbolize the seven deadly sins.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineKatholieken geven zich over aan gulzigheid en wellust. 1681. William Loggan. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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