Caption
Caricature of the Arminians, The Present Arminian, cartoon, print, Caricature of the Arminians (Remonstrants). A decapitated man walks with his head between his legs, with chained legs on crutches and guided by a scorpion, lobster, bat, and mole. Above the neck are symbols of worldly justice. Printed on the sheet below the plate is a verse and the legend AN in 2 columns in Dutch., printmaker: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), publisher: Cornelis Willemsz Blaeu-Laken, Amsterdam, writer (clerical worker): David Ronsaeus, 1623, writer (clerical worker), paper, etching, letterpress printing, etching with letterpress text, height 346 mm x width 283 mm, landscapes, violent death, being killed, being mishandled and maltreated, seeking death, A detailed black and white engraving shows a headless male figure standing on stilts with a staff across his back and a chain draped between the stilts, his head held upside down near his waist; above him a set of scales hangs suspended from a horizontal rod with pans dangling, and a small statuette of a cloaked figure with an anchor stands on the palm of his raised hand; the landscape around him features rolling clouds, clumps of trees, a fox-like animal near the foreground, a scorpion near some decorative foliage, and a distant low horizon with scattered small hills.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A92_227
License type
Rights managed
Available size
48.4Mb (10.2Mb) / 13.5in x 13.9in / 4048 x 4179 (300dpi)