An anchoress or nun of an enclosed order locked in her cell; representing the monastic cell as the heaven of the loving soul. Coloured engraving, 16--.

Date:
1600-1699
Reference:
32373i
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1600-1699

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1 print : engraving, with gouache ; image 6.3 x 6.1 cm

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Libertas amoris. Freÿheit der Liebe. Cella amanti coelum est. S. Bernard. Die Zellen oder Clausen fern von allem Welt Getümmel ist meine Freud, mein Seeligkeit und auf der Erd mein Himmel. Translation of the German text: Freedom of love. The cell or cloister, far from all the tumult of the world, is my joy, my happiness and my heaven on earth.

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Wellcome Collection 32373i

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in “Tranquillity” at Wellcome Collection, 15 July 2021 - 9 January 2022
Exhibited in ‘Hello Happiness!’ at Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, 27 May – 19 November 2023

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