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Etching titled VERITAS: a crowned female figure with a book and rays of light, surrounded by attackers, a cannon, and a book labeled tradition.

Veritas: Truth as the Word of God Assailed by Persecution and Violence

An etching under the word VERITAS shows a central female figure, bare-chested and crowned, holding a book and radiating light, while a cannon labeled VIOLENTIA and figures with banners and a book inscribed TRADITIO press in from the sides. Fine engraved lines model the figures, clouds and rays.

Artist
Christoph Murer
Date
1622
Medium
Emblem pictures Allegorical prints Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3536 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1622.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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