An old priest holding a sacrificial knife
Year: 1639
From: illustration to Desmarets' 'L'Ariane' (Paris: Mathieu Guillemot, 1639)
Location: British Museum, London
External link: www.britishmuseum.org
Edited by: Chiara Petrolini
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