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Against corrupt judges (The false and historical faces of death) - Lützelburger after Holbein
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1538
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Isaiah's curse is clearly aimed at corrupt judges, referred to back to back with drunkards:
Woe to those who are heroes for drinking wine and champions for mixing drink, who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deny the righteous justice. (Is 5, 23)
But does not the seated man wear a cardinal's hat? And does he not hand an indulgence to the faithful kneeling before him? The vine that surrounds them echoes in the image the parallel suggested by the beginning of verse 23.
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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
