The "san benito" is a casock that the spanish inquisition forced those accused of religious crimes to wear as a sign of humiliation. The ladder on the cross evokes the difficulty of reaching the kingdom of god and christ's own passage through this stage of pain. Date: 1569. Dimensions: height: 290 cm (114.1 in); width: 42.5 cm (16.7 in). Medium: sanguine on paper. Collection: Municipal Library of Rouen, France. Joris Hoefnagel - Patientighen Sanbenittado
