Concept

War - Religious aspects

Images

  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • William of Aquitaine, a retiring warrior, receives a monk's habit from the abbot Benedict of Aniane. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino, 1620.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • William of Orange attacks Louis XIV and James II, who are riding on an ass; Father Petre, confessor to the queen of England, rides on a lobster with the infant Old Pretender; Cardinal Faustenburg falls off a tortoise. Mezzotint by P. Schenck, c. 1689.
  • The Virgin being crowned in heaven with Saint Nabor and Saint Felix, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Francis, Saint Clare and Saint Catherine. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after O. Samacchini.
  • Two men walking above a city; representing harmony of religious or political states. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

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