Identification title(s): de christelijke ridder, 1689. Den geestelycken krygsman (title on object). Object type: print object number: rp-p-1885-a-8630. Catalog reference: fmh 3010. Atlas van stolk 2995. Van eeghen 1017. Description: the christian knight. Allegory in which the christian knight fights armed with sword and shield against sins and vices such as: flesh, world, unbelief, despair, pride, envy, unchaste love, wrath, etc. In heaven an angel with a flaming sword and putti holding a laurel wreath above the knight's head. On the sheet under the plate a long verse in 3 columns. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: jan luyken, writer: jan luyken (mentioned on object), publisher: johannes boekholt (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: printmaker: northern netherlands, publisher: amsterdam. Dating: 1689. Physical features: etching with letterpress text. Material: paper technique: etching / letterpress. Dimensions: top: h 575 mm × w 397 mm. Subject: what: the christian knight, 'miles christianus'. Acquisition: purchase apr-1885. Date: 1689.
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