Theatrum D.N. Iesu Christi : atrociorum cruciatuum c. lectori spectatori propositum
A 1658 devotional book on the passion of Jesus Christ, produced in Augsburg (probably) by the Küsel brothers and collaborators, with the Latin title promising a theatre of torments for the reader and viewer. The four pictures are repeated versions of one symmetrical woodcut-style ornament: two cherubs or putti flank a central cartouche with scrolls, foliage, and a fruit or cluster below. A designer could take its mirrored framing, scrolled corner-piece structure, and cherub-and-foliage motifs as a model for symmetrical headers or ornamental dividers.
