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Grotesque caricature of the Roman Church (right plate)
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Grotesque caricature of the Roman Church (right plate)

Robert de Baudous · 1605 · engraving; paper

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

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Grotesque and extensive satirical print on the Roman Catholic Church, ca. 1560. Right panel of a triptych. The entrance to a Catholic church and a view into the interior where various grotesque and deformed people and monsters perform and attend Catholic ceremonies. On the left, money is made through the trade in various paraphernalia and a priest leads mass with bare buttocks. In the foreground the beginning of a procession and dancing figures around a crucifix. In front of the church entrance sit the prostitutes Oholah and Oholiba with their lower bodies bare. With a caption of 3 columns of 3 lines each in Latin. The legend for the numbers in the representation is missing.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineGroteske spotprent op de Roomse kerk (rechter plaat). 1605. Robert de Baudous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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