Mirror of Creation
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
A man and a woman kneel before a mirror. The mirror shows the creation: sun, moon and a coastal landscape. Behind the mirror the kingdom of heaven with God on a throne. In the background examples of the divinity of creation: the growth of nature; Jacob's ladder and the animals that come to Saint Bernard. The print has a Latin inscription: 'Quot rerum fspecies; Specvlis tot Conditor vnus Cernitur: vtendo gratus vt effe velis'. At the bottom a legend of the scenes which are numbered alphabetically on the image. The print is part of a twelve-print series (VIII out of XII prints) with the subject twelve mirrors with which man tries to see God.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
