Gillis Mostaert (I)

/  Allegory of Secular and Spiritual Abuses (Haywain: Allegory of Worldly and Ecclesiastical Abuses)

 
Gillis Mostaert (I): Allegory of Secular and Spiritual Abuses (Haywain: Allegory of Worldly and Ecclesiastical Abuses). middle ages, ancient history, mythology
 
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MuseumsRijksmuseum, AmsterdamPaintings
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The Daddy Longlegs: an allegory of secular and spiritual abuse. Central is a hay wagon run by demons. The hay symbolizes the worldly possession. To try around the car to get people from all walks of life hay in their possession. Bottom left Death of the vehicle on the left the pope a cardinal, a bishop and a monk. Alongside will hit a procession of knights. Right a procession in which a model of a church is worn behind cripples and beggars. Also: murder, robberies etc.
1570 - 1580
H 116 cm x W 203 cm
SKU: 271504
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