Heilige Otto van Bamberg kerstent de heidenen van Pommeren

Saint Otto sits enthroned in ecclesiastical robes, gesturing toward a group of listeners while holding a pastoral staff. In the upper left background, a scene within a classical temple shows figures toppling a pagan statue from its pedestal. The lower foreground features men and women in contemporary 17th-century dress, listening intently to the bishop’s sermon.

Created by Aegidius Sadeler, the chief imperial engraver for Rudolf II in Prague, this work represents the Counter-Reformation's effort to reclaim historical narratives of conversion. It illustrates the 'Interpretatio Christiana,' where the classical gods—central to Renaissance esoteric study—are explicitly shown being superseded by Christian authority.