Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.

  • Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617.
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[1578]
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26626i
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Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Christ wears a broad-brimmed hat, i.e. he is in the role of the gardener for whom Mary Magdalene mistook him after his Resurrection. In that role, he carries a heart-shaped winnowing basket, from which he shakes out vices while retaining virtues. The vices are represented by a horse (pride), a pig (gluttony), a snake (envy), a statuette of a nude woman (luxury), a donkey (idleness), a bear (anger) and a toad (avarice). The virtues are represented by an infant (good intentions), a lamb (patience), a dove (simplicity), and a cock (vigilance)

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[Antwerp] : [Philips Galle], [1578]

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1 print : line engraving

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Ablatio malorum ... Border and image contain lengthy quotations from the Bible on the subject of sin

References note

Otto Hirschmann, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks von Hendrick Goltzius 1558-1617, Leipzig 1921, no. 64
W.L. Strauss, Hendrik Goltzius, 1558-1617: the complete engravings and woodcuts, New York 1977, vo. 1, no. 54, pp. 124-125

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Wellcome Collection 26626i

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