The Confession; Print made by Isaac Beckett; 1652/3-1719; British; after Marcellus Laroon the Elder; 1653-1702; Dutch; active in Britain (from ca. 1660); between 1681 and 1688; Mezzotint on medium; moderately textured; cream laid paper; Sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 1/16 inches (26.6 x 20.5 cm) and Image: 10 1/16 x 7 7/8 inches (25.5 x 20 cm); bowl (vessel); chair; cloak; commentary; confession; cross (object); crucifix; curls; genre subject; gesture; hands; interior; kneeling; listening; man; masturbation; monk; painting (visual work); parody; pattern (design element); pointing; praying; religious and mythological subject; rope; satire; smiling; water; woman