Indulgence Collection

Fleisch macht Fleisch (Meat Gives Meat), 1555. Found in the Collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

An Old Man Indulging in Five Senses, c1600. Creator: Adriaen Collaert
An Old Man Indulging in Five Senses, c1600

Ortus et origo Papae (Birth and Origin of the Pope), 1545. Creator: Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472-1553)
Ortus et origo Papae (Birth and Origin of the Pope), 1545. Private Collection

Satire on the sale of indulgences, before 1536. Found in the Collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Der Bapstesel zu Rom (The Papal Ass or The Pope Ass of Rome), 1523. Private Collection

The Rich Man at the Table, 1554. Creator: Heinrich Aldegrever
The Rich Man at the Table, 1554

Mankind surrendering to lechery before the Flood: embracing couples on benches around a table with food and drink, from a series of engravings made for the first edition of the Liber Genesis, 1612

Indulgence for donation of alms towards the building of a Church to the Virgin of Guadalupe (modern facsimile impression), 1608 (facsimile 1930-40)

A General Fast in consequence of the War!!, 1794. Artist: Isaac Cruikshank
A General Fast in consequence of the War!!, 1794. Two separate views: Lambeth, showing an archbishop and his family gorging at the dinner table; and Spitalfields

Fatal effects of gluttony, a Lord Mayors Day night mare, 1830; depicting an alderman asleep in bed. On top of him is a crowd of animals including a turtle, lobster and duck

Select vestry comforts, 1828. Artist: Thomas Jones
Select vestry comforts, 1828. Eight of the select vestry of St Paul s, Covent Garden dining in the vestry room. At the head of the table is the vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Dr George Richards

The Papal Pyramid, ca. 1600. Private Collection

Monk Calf of Freiberg (Das Monchskalb zu Freiberg), 1523
Monk Calf of Freiberg (Das Mo nchskalb zu Freiberg), 1523. Found in the Collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Letter of indulgence offered by Albert, archbishop of Mainz, on the authority of Pope Leo X, 1517. Found in the collection of Benediktinerinnenkloster Neuburg

Tetzel Selling Indulgences, 1882. Artist: Anonymous
Tetzel Selling Indulgences, 1882. Private Collection

The sale of indulgences (Detail). Artist: Lutzelburger, Hans (?-1526)
The sale of indulgences (Detail). From a private collection

Marble bust of Nero, Roman, c54. Artist: Nero
Marble bust of Nero, Roman, c54

Necessitas Non Habet Bye-Laws!, 1874. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Necessitas Non Habet Bye-Laws!, 1874. The perils of over-indulgence and mistaking the alarm bell for one that summons servants are illustrated in this cartoon about the gentleman travelling first

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