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Wolfgang Richter
DimensionsSheet: 12 1/8 × 8 3/8 in. (30.8 × 21.3 cm)
Plate: 5 5/8 × 6 7/8 in. (14.3 × 17.5 cm)
Accession Number 2023.54
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscriptionsXXI. IDOLUM Indorum Pagodes, & Templa Mahumetanorum. (u,c print) EXhibetur hoc schemate miseria, cui miseri illi homines immersi, veri cultus diuini plane expertes sunt, colentes idola diabolica, passim per Indiam in rupibus incisa, ea adorant, illis offerunt hostias omm cum deuotione, mox à Sacerdotibus Brachmanis abripiendas, sub prætextu, ac si à Pagode idolo absumptæ forent. Porro exhibetur hic templum Mahumetanum, mefquita illis dictum, qualia complura in India videmus. adest ad templum lacus seu puteus,in quem gradibus aliquot descensus est, & in quo abluuntur quoties ad preces fundendas ad Pagoden accedunt. cætera lege in contextu cap.43.&44. (l,c print) F 2 PROCES- (l,r print) 21 (l,l plate) 1599 $295.00 (l,r graphite)
Portfolio/SeriesLes Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, Part 2 India Orientalis
ProvenanceJeffrey Hunter, Des Moines; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2023]
Idolum Indorum Pagodes, & Templa Mahumetanorum (Pagodas of the Indian Idols, & Temples of the Mohammedans), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, Part 2 India Orientalis"
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines