Accession number
PML 145850.41
Published
[England? : s.n., 16--?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item.
Emblematic print, copies of which evidently illustrated various published English translations of the writings of Henrick Niclaes. Cf. Heffels.
Engraved caption text above and below image reads: Now goeth ye judgment over this world; now is ye prince of this world cast out. John 12. / Now is ye salvation ye power and ye Kingdom become our gods and ye Might his Christes. Revel. 12 D.
Mounted as item 41 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
See PML 145850.114 for an engraved version of this design, with variant caption text beginning: Now is the judgment of this world.
Emblematic print, copies of which evidently illustrated various published English translations of the writings of Henrick Niclaes. Cf. Heffels.
Engraved caption text above and below image reads: Now goeth ye judgment over this world; now is ye prince of this world cast out. John 12. / Now is ye salvation ye power and ye Kingdom become our gods and ye Might his Christes. Revel. 12 D.
Mounted as item 41 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
See PML 145850.114 for an engraved version of this design, with variant caption text beginning: Now is the judgment of this world.
Description
1 print : etching ; image: 84 x 69 mm; plate mark: 143 x 78 mm; sheet: 169 x 114 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the Lamb of God atop a sphere engulfed by a dragon, with the figure of Death lying vanquished beneath his hooves and a figure labeled "Sinne" lying crushed beneath the orb. Text within image reads: The way ye Trueth [sic] / Victoria / and ye Life.
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