A cock, representing Theodorus de Cock (Theodorus de Kock). Engraving attributed to Carel Allard, 1705.

Date:
Denotat en noMen franCo ore, ah! gaLLVs aberrans [i.e. 1705]
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673551i
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A cock, composed of engraved text in Dutch about Theodorus de Cock and about his predecessor as Catholic Vicar Apostolic, in the Dutch Republic, Petrus Codde. The cock cries "Coc coc coque", wakes up monks and nuns, and defecates Roman Catholic institutions such as the Inquisition, papal infallibility, miracles etc.

Publication/Creation

Tot Emmerik (in de Roomse Kok) : Bij Dirk de Haan, Denotat en noMen franCo ore, ah! gaLLVs aberrans [i.e. 1705]

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 24 x 15.5 cm

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Zinnebeeldig pourtret van de E.W. Hr. Theodorus de Coc ... De gekapuinde haan ofte der munniken en nonnen morgen-wekker Bears number: 4

Creator/production credits

Attributed by Muller, op. cit. p. 81, to Carel Allard working in Amsterdam

References note

F. Muller, De nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen, part 2, Amsterdam: Frederik Muller, 1870, p. 83 no. 3410.4
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires no. 1439

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Wellcome Collection 673551i

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