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Iconoclasm in the Linder Gallery?

michaeljohn October 27, 2009 Allegory, Paintings Leave a Comment

In the lunette above the window out over the garden in the Linder Gallery you can make out some people with donkeys’ heads engaged in wanton acts of destruction. They are smashing lutes and globes and removing paintings from the wall.

AntwerpAntwerp IconoclasmCalvinismdestructionHieronymus Francken the Youngericonoclasmignorancereligion

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