Monnik met masker in zijn hand (Monk with Mask in Hand)

This etching presents a bearded monk in robes holding a theatrical mask, a visual pun on religious hypocrisy. The figure's gesture—displaying the mask as if removing it—suggests the gap between outward piety and hidden nature. The print belongs to a northern European tradition of clergy satire, common in Protestant regions skeptical of Catholic monastic orders. Executed with fine crosshatching typical of 18th-century etching, the work employs the figure's exaggerated features and formal stance to comic effect. Such prints circulated among educated audiences and anticipated later traditions of political and social caricature by Gillray, Rowlandson, and Daumier, establishing visual satire as a tool for social critique that would eventually influence modern comic art.