16th-century French School, Satirical Allegory Of The Papacy As A Leviathan, Old Master Drawing

16th-century French School
Satirical allegory of the Papacy as a Leviathan in the context of the Wars of Religion
Pen and brown ink on laid paper with a hand-shaped watermark, numbered on the reverse in pencil 2498
Inscribed in the lower right corner in pencil 16th-century hand-shaped watermark, numbered and described in pencil on the mounting No. 2492 SY – 16th-Century Drawing and on the reverse of the mat Old French School (fish) / 2492
12.5 x 25.7 cm
Provenance: probably the collection of Émile Louis Dominique CALANDO (Passy, 1840 – Paris, 1898), as the drawing was found behind another drawing of the same dimensions and with the same mat from his collection, bearing his seal, also for sale at the gallery.

Note: The initials FRP appearing on the cross with a halberd could stand for Frater Reverendus Pater (Reverend Brother Father). The initials IDH stand for Iesus Deum Iesum Hominem (Jesus God, Jesus Man)