Depiction of the miserable state of the Netherlands, under the cruel tide of the Duke of Alba, Engraving printed on silk, title in Latin and Dutch above, below poem in 4 verses (side by side) of four lines each, right legend (A to O) in 2 columns. Left armored man in seat (Alva) with men around him, middle group of chained women with coats of arms (17 provinces), right group silent men, background building with arch, behind which face an execution on a square. Inscription: 'Delineatio deplorati status Belgie sub immensa tirannide Albani ducis Ferdinandi a Toledo', Southern Netherlands, Fernand

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