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Christ on the Donkey, the Pope on Horseback
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Christ on the Donkey, the Pope on Horseback. A comparison between the humility of Christ and the pride of the Pope. A caption within the plate of two sets of two columns, with five and four lines respectively, and a separate text sheet with 50 numbered differences between Christ and the Pope in Dutch. Satirical print on the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church, utilizing an original sixteenth-century image motif.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineChristus op de ezel, de paus te paard. 1753. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
