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Thomas Cross

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of six separate panels featuring allegorical scenes with religious and moral themes. The top-left panel depicts a figure pointing to a globe with phrases "God is my portion" and "Vanity of Vanities," alongside a hovering celestial hand. The top-right panel shows two female figures labeled "Truth and Love" and "Error and Vices," with smaller figures looking upwards. The middle-left panel shows a figure offering a globe, saying "All these will I give thee" to another kneeling figure. The middle-right panel features a seated figure beside tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments and other documents. The bottom-left panel presents a figure with a document marked with "Eternity," next to a globe. The bottom-right panel illustrates a classical figure holding a scroll with "The Marriage of the Lamb is come." The style resembles that of Thomas Cecil, with typical design elements of 17th-century moral illustrations.