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Original fileDe vier belangrijkste Christelijke feestdagen
About This Work
A central engraving shows Christ rising from his tomb holding a banner of victory, flanked by two angels and positioned beneath a celestial vision of God the Father. The scene is encased in an elaborate Mannerist frame containing four medallions depicting the Last Supper, the Washing of the Feet, the Crucifixion, and the Entombment. Ornamental strapwork throughout the composition incorporates instruments of the Passion, such as the crown of thorns, nails, and the spear of Longinus.
As a product of the Sadeler workshop, this print represents the sophisticated intersection of Counter-Reformation theology and Mannerist artifice. In the context of the Western esoteric tradition, the 'Resurrectio' was frequently used by Christian Hebraists and alchemists as a metaphor for the 'triumph of the spirit' or the final stage of the Great Work, where the perfected substance rises from the 'sepulcher' of the alembic.
Inscriptions(Latin)
Deus suscitauit eum à mortuis. Act. 13. RESVRRECTIO. Mat. 26. Ioan. 13. Ioan. 19. Ioan. Sadeler inuen. et excud. M. G. figur. Plurima cum CHRISTVS ludibria, vincula, flagra, Suppliciumq[ue] Crucis sponte subiisset atrox, Devictis Mundo, Peccato, Morte, Satana, E tumulo terna luce resurgit ouans.
Translation
God raised him from the dead. Acts 13. RESURRECTION. Matt. 26. John 13. John 19. Ioan. Sadeler designed and published. M. G. figured. When Christ had willingly undergone many mockeries, chains, scourges, And the atrocious punishment of the Cross, Having overcome the World, Sin, Death, and Satan, He rises rejoicing from the tomb on the third day.
Connected Texts
Jan Sadeler I
The print is inscribed as being invented and published by Jan Sadeler, a key figure in the spread of late 16th-century mystical and religious imagery.
Heinrich Khunrath
Khunrath's 'Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae' employs similar Christocentric allegories to describe the spiritual transformation of the alchemist.
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Provenance & Source
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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height 291 mm x width 222 mm
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