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Allegory of Abuses by the Authorities of Church and State
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The Haywain: An Allegory on Worldly and Spiritual Abuses. In the Center Stands a Haywain Managed by Devils. The Hay Symbolizes Worldly Possession. Around the Wagon People from All Layers of the Population Try to Get Hay into Their Possession. Bottom Left Death, Left of the Wagon Stands the Pope with a Cardinal, a Bishop and a Monk. Next to It a Procession of Knights Rides Up. Right a Procession in Which a Model of a Church is Carried, Behind It Beggars Some with Disabilities. Further: Murder and Manslaughter, Robberies etc.
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Credit lineAllegory of Abuses by the Authorities of Church and State. 1570 - 1580. Gillis Mostaert (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
