The brave lion, 1615 The Wackeren Leew (title object) Allegory on the situation in the Netherlands in 1615 with a call to remain vigilant. The Dutch Virgin (Belgica) is in the Dutch Garden, decorated with flowers and the emblem of the bundle of arrows, with binoculars in one hand and a crane on the other hand. In the middle Prince Maurits with the Dutch Lion (with eagle's head) reinforced with a heavy: d to the chain. Left a raging bull behind a fence, behind a tower beacon. In the background dancing princes (including Archduke Albert and Isabella) to the pipes and drums of the pope. A Jesuit
The brave lion, 1615 The Wackeren Leew (title object) Allegory on the situation in the Netherlands in 1615 with a call to remain vigilant. The Dutch Virgin (Belgica) is in the Dutch Garden, decorated with flowers and the emblem of the bundle of arrows, with binoculars in one hand and a crane on the other hand. In the middle Prince Maurits with the Dutch Lion (with eagle's head) reinforced with a heavy: d to the chain. Left a raging bull behind a fence, behind a tower beacon. In the background dancing princes (including Archduke Albert and Isabella) to the pipes and drums of the pope. A Jesuit has a bucket of war out of a pit. Top left hunters, including Spinola, chasing a weasel (Wesel). The performance also refers to the Jülich-Cleves kwestie. Manufacturer : printmaker: anonymous place manufacture: Northern Netherlands Date: 1615 Physical features: etching material: paper Technique: etching Dimensions: plate edge: H 166 mm × W 266 mmToelichtingGebruikt as illustration in the anonymous pamphlet: The Wackere Leew [1615], see Knuttel No. 2182. Subject: personifications or countries, nations, states, district, etc. (with NAME) fenced or walled garden,. "Hortus Conclusus'Twaalfjarig File Jülich-Cleves issue when: 1615 - 1615
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