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Date
[early 17th century]
Location
Paris,
France
Media format
Image
Extent
3 prints
Language
Latin
Size
plate marks 180 x 133 mm or smaller
Genre
Art
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 232196
Folger call number: ART Vol. e272 no.21-23
Folger holdings ID: 280644
Accession Number: 265422.3
Folger call number: ART Vol. e272 no.21-23
Folger holdings ID: 280644
Accession Number: 265422.3
Summary
A set of allegorical prints depicting the central figure of the soul in heaven, purgatory, and hell, each with a title above and a line from the Bible below. In heaven, the soul has a peaceful expression and is surrounded by clouds, angels, and cherubs, with God above; in purgatory, the soul has tears on his face as he looks upwards, with angels delivering other souls in the background and flames below; in hell, the soul's mouth is open and two demons and flames below and the silhouette of a demon torturing another soul to the viewer's upper right
Notes
General notes
Set title devised by cataloger A different version of "Anima in Inferno," with image reversed, reads "C. de Mallery fe. et exc."
Item information about Folger ART Vol. e272 no.21-23
Bound in contemporary vellum; signed "Ca. Crubel" on front cover; '[J Harmy?] 1629' with manuscript price 'couste 40 sols' on front endleaf; 'Joannes [Crubel?]' on rear endleaf. Bound with two other sets published by Jean Le Clerc: XII. Sibyllae, ordine, inscriptione & forma elegantiori quàm antehac vmquam and The four parts of the day
Related names
publisher: Mallery, Karel van, 1571-approximately 1635
publisher: Leclerc, Jean, active 1573-1627
publisher: Leclerc, Jean, active 1573-1627