The awake lion, 1615; Den Wackeren Leew. Allegory on the situation in the Netherlands in the year 1615 with a call to remain vigilant. The Dutch Virgin (Belgica) is in the Dutch garden, decorated with flowers and the emblem of the arrows bundle, with a binoculars in a hand and a crane in the other hand. In the middle Prince Maurits with the Dutch lion (with eagle head) armed with a sword on the chain. On the left a fierce bull behind a fence, behind it a tower with beacon. In the background, princes dancing (including Aartshertog Albrecht and Isabella) to the pipes and drumming of the pope. A
The awake lion, 1615; Den Wackeren Leew. Allegory on the situation in the Netherlands in the year 1615 with a call to remain vigilant. The Dutch Virgin (Belgica) is in the Dutch garden, decorated with flowers and the emblem of the arrows bundle, with a binoculars in a hand and a crane in the other hand. In the middle Prince Maurits with the Dutch lion (with eagle head) armed with a sword on the chain. On the left a fierce bull behind a fence, behind it a tower with beacon. In the background, princes dancing (including Aartshertog Albrecht and Isabella) to the pipes and drumming of the pope. A Jesuit takes care of a well with a bucket of war. Above left hunters, including Spinola, who hunt a Wezel (the city of Wesel). The show also refers to the Gulik-Kleefse issue.
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