Dutch satire on jansenism in the netherlands with an engraving showing a half-length portrait of pope clement xi. The figure and face constructed from various objects used in the ceremonies of the roman catholic church, numbered as follows: 1. The nose shaped like a herring; 2. The mouth, a cruet; 3. The eye, a communion wafer; 4. The area behind the eye, a chalice; 5. The ear, a seal; 6. Hair, scrolls (papal bulls); 7. Shoulder, a missal; 8. Bearing the crossed keys of st peter, and 9. The papal tiara; 10. A cravat, a ciborium in a case or tabernacle; 11. The cheek, a paten; 12. The morse, an equine bit attached to a bridle; 13. Fishes hung under the fringes of the bridle awaiting lent; 14. The tiara, a bell surmounted by an orb and cross and lettered on the rim, "gallus me fecit mdc" and decorated with 15. Asperges, 16. Burning candles, 17. A rosary, 18. Statuette of the virgin and child, 19. Statuette of st peter, 20. Burning altar lamps, 21. St james's cockle-shells and 22. Pilgrim staffs. The portrait enclosed by an pierced oval frame through the corners of which four animals peer: at lower left, a pig wearing an academic cap and holding the chain of a lantern; upper left, a wolf wearing a bishop's mitre and holding a dead lamb; lower right, a goose holding a rosary; upper right, an ass wearing spectacles and reading a breviary. On the left, engraved legend referring to the jansenist archbishop pieter codde and to theodore de coc, engraved title and other inscriptions, numbering 1-21 and i-vii. (n. P. :[1706]). Date: 1706. Dimensions: Height: 170 mm; Width: 267 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Pope Clement XI. Collection: British Museum.
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