Dutch satire on jansenism in the netherlands with an etching showing the contrasting fates of jansenists and other religious people. A precipitous road winds upwards from a narrow gate at bottom through which an angel leads a pious man while another sounds the trumpet of peace. A small number of men, mainly jansenists, negotiate the stony path, but a monk and a jesuit who have proceeded some distance fall off as it narrows. At top left, the leader, archbishop codde is welcomed at the gate of heaven by st peter. From top right, a broad road bordered by rose bushes curves gently down to hell at the lower right and to purgatory which fills the lower foreground. Monks, nuns, jesuits and other clerics wander along to where clement xi stands on one of the hills of rome holding his triple cross to divert theodore de coc into purgatory rather than hell, in which direction a small devil tries to hook him; further to the left, a man stands on one of the roman hills urinating into purgatory. A large devil, with a horse's hind-quarters and wearing a jesuit hat, stands at lower right with a bill-hook pushing a number of clergy into hell; a greater number burn in purgatory. Engraved title, and inscriptions thoroughout the image in dutch; numbering 1-8 referring to aspects of the narrow way, and lettering a-m, on the broad way; verses in two columns, including legend; and below five lines referring to the election of potkamp in place of coc. (n. P. :[1705]). Date: 1705. Dimensions: Height: 266 mm; Width: 178 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Pope Clement XI. Collection: British Museum.
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