The battle for the Golden Stick, 1608. The battle for the golden stick, 1608. On the beach, a Dutch skipper and a spaniard ride a stick that they both hold with a hand. In the background six spectators, including Prince Maurits (left) and King Henry IV of France (center). The draw competition depicts the battle between the Republic and Spain to power in East Indies and West Indies, the Golden Stick that gives riches. At the top of the performance in a cartouche a verse of 4 lines in Dutch: an old skipper of Monickendam etc. In the background on the left a cross and a hunter who shoots geese, w
The battle for the Golden Stick, 1608. The battle for the golden stick, 1608. On the beach, a Dutch skipper and a spaniard ride a stick that they both hold with a hand. In the background six spectators, including Prince Maurits (left) and King Henry IV of France (center). The draw competition depicts the battle between the Republic and Spain to power in East Indies and West Indies, the Golden Stick that gives riches. At the top of the performance in a cartouche a verse of 4 lines in Dutch: an old skipper of 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?), Here is: lives and lives lives. The print is used in a leaflet against the peace negotiations for the file in the year 1608.
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