Caption

Het lusthuys van Pater Peters, en de Jesuwijten en Munniken, ontdekt door, Sic itur ad astra, scilicet, [1681?], 1 print (broadside) : etching with letterpress., Print shows scene in a bawdy house of pleasure frequented by Father Petre, Jesuits, and monks, where they mingle and dine with such figures as: Wantonness, Avarice, Sloth, Fury, and Vanity. Priests engage in lascivious acts and steal money from a dying person, a Protestant minister is driven away from the door, a fox delivers a sermon from a pulpit, and Jesuits help themselves to treasures in India. Individual figures numbered with key contained in dialogue between Eusebius and Simplicius.

Date

1681

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

Reference

LZT16A00_316

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,6Mb (5,1Mb) / 12,5in x 16,7in / 3746 x 5000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Het lusthuys van Pater Peters Jesuwijten Munniken ontdekt door Sic itur ad astra scilicet 1681 broadside etching letterpress. Print scene bawdy house pleasure frequented Father Petre Jesuits monks mingle dine such figures Wantonness Avarice Sloth Fury Vanity Priests engage lascivious acts steal money dying person Protestant minister driven away fox delivers sermon pulpit help treasures India. Individual numbered key contained dialogue Eusebius Simplicius vintage retro retro styled engraved image engraving engravement victorian art culture illustrative technique history historical old antique nostalgia arkheia nostalgic historic artwork old-fashioned romantic aged traditional historic art