Live auction - Lot 136
[Caricature]
De Vergelykinge Christi met de Roomsche Paus, by forme van een Stichtelyke en Leerzame Samenspraak voor de Liefhebbers der Waarheid.
Amsterdam, Jan vander Heyde, 1753
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
Broadsheet, 48,5 x 29 cm, composed of an engraving 19 x 24 cm, orig. col., with title and 2 4-line verses underneath and a title in red and text of 50 lines printed in 2 col. (traces of folding, tiny holes, some stains).
Fine copy.
Rare popular Dutch Calvinist caricature. The engr. shows Christ riding a donkey facing the Pope riding a luxurious horse. The text, based on Scripture texts, gives a comparison between the rules and ideas of Christ and those of the Pope. The Pope is presented as the Anti-Christ: underneath "Siet Lezer uit dit staaltje of 't wel mist dat men de Paus noemt den Antichrist".