The Cleves Saint George, 1615, Verthooninghe ende verclaringhe van den Cleefschen S. Joris (title on object), Political allegory on the battle between Prince Maurits and Spinola in the Gulik-Kleefse issue, 1615. Maurits as Saint George fights on horseback against a seven-headed dragon ridden by Spinola. On the heads are headgear of pope, bishop, cardinal, etc. On the left the virgin with lamb, adorned with weapons of, among others, Cleves, Gulik and Mark. On the right, Catholics are building a Tower of Babel on the banks of the Rhine. In the background the cities of Kleve and Cologne. With

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