Repentant sinners from the Old and New Testament (Plate 1)

Repentant sinners from the Old and New Testament (Plate 1)

Allegory with "Misericordia Dei" holding a bunch of flowers holding the hand of a male figure labelled "Poenitens" and accompanying him towards a female figure "Poenitentia" with a birch whip illuminated by heavenly light; the ground is strewn with brambles and thistles; "Peccatum", a satyr sitting on the ground reaches for the flowing headdress of "Misericordia Dei"; plate 1; on full sheet; after Maarten de Vos
Engraving

After: Maarten de Vos
Published by: Philips Galle

1580-1590

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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1937-0915-91

engraving