De Leegschaal, 1618, 1618 print Political allegory over the victory of the counter -monstrators thanks to the intervention of Prince Maurits, 1618. The performance shows an interior with a large scale. In the presence of Gomarus, Arminius, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and others, the arguments of the contraders and the Remonstrants are weighed against each other. Maurits makes the balance in favor of the counter -monstrators by placing his sword on the scales. In the background through a window the dranking of the Waardgelders through Maurits on the Neude in Utrecht. Under the show in three column
De Leegschaal, 1618, 1618 print Political allegory over the victory of the counter -monstrators thanks to the intervention of Prince Maurits, 1618. The performance shows an interior with a large scale. In the presence of Gomarus, Arminius, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and others, the arguments of the contraders and the Remonstrants are weighed against each other. Maurits makes the balance in favor of the counter -monstrators by placing his sword on the scales. In the background through a window the dranking of the Waardgelders through Maurits on the Neude in Utrecht. Under the show in three columns a verse from Vondel. Northern Netherlands paper engraving / letterpress printing scales Neud
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