La Petite Thèse estampe appelée aussi Le Triomphe de La Vierge et Jubilé de La Vierge (The Small Thesis, also called The Triumph o fthe Virgin and Jubilee of the Virgin)
Jacques Callot French
Publisher Israel Silvestre French
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In this elaborate thesis print, text and image are integrated rather than printed on separate sheets. Designed for a theological defense that took place in 1625 at Rome’s Franciscan Aracoeli convent, the print highlights the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, who is seen at center treading upon a dragon and surrounded by allegorical figures of her so-called mysteries. Above, the Virgin is seen again in a triumphal chariot, foreshadowing her jubilant Assumption into heaven. The long text at bottom dedicates the print to the Duke and Duchess of Lorraine.
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