The battle for the golden stick, 1608, 1608 print The battle for the golden stick, 1608. On the beach, a Dutch skipper and a Spaniard compete for a stick that they both hold with one hand. Six spectators in the background, including Prince Maurits (left) and King Henry IV of France (center). The migration match depicts the battle between the Republic and Spain for power in the East Indies and the West Indies, the Golden Stick that donates riches. At the top of the show in a cartouche a verse of 4 lines in Dutch: an old skipper from Monickendam etc. In the background on the left a cross and a h
The battle for the golden stick, 1608, 1608 print The battle for the golden stick, 1608. On the beach, a Dutch skipper and a Spaniard compete for a stick that they both hold with one hand. Six spectators in the background, including Prince Maurits (left) and King Henry IV of France (center). The migration match depicts the battle between the Republic and Spain for power in the East Indies and the West Indies, the Golden Stick that donates riches. At the top of the show in a cartouche a verse of 4 lines in Dutch: an old skipper from Monickendam etc. In the background on the left a cross and a hunter who shoots geese, with the inscription: neither Leeve de Guesen. On the right a scales from heaven in which a ship is weighed against a female personification (of freedom?), It says: Leeg and Laet Leie. The print is used in a pamphlet against the peace negotiations for the file in the year 1608. Northern Netherlands paper etching tug-of-war. scales
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