Attack on the Fortress of Orange and the Church of God, 1672, Attack on the Fortress of Orange and the Church of God. Comprehensive allegorical representation of the events in the year 1672. The tenor of the print is Orangistic, against the Arminians and the de Witt brothers who try to unite the Church of God and the Orange Tree with united forces (together with the devil). On the right the advancing armies, on the left the buildings of the French court and dancing devils in hell. The print finally appeared with four columns of text in the margin in which the explanation of the representation
Attack on the Fortress of Orange and the Church of God, 1672, Attack on the Fortress of Orange and the Church of God. Comprehensive allegorical representation of the events in the year 1672. The tenor of the print is Orangistic, against the Arminians and the de Witt brothers who try to unite the Church of God and the Orange Tree with united forces (together with the devil). On the right the advancing armies, on the left the buildings of the French court and dancing devils in hell. The print finally appeared with four columns of text in the margin in which the explanation of the representation according to the letters AZ and the numbers 1-24 is in Dutch and French, followed by a verse in 8 couplets, devil (s) and demons, aggression against the Church, siege, position war, Johan de Witt, Cornelis de Witt, William III (Prince of Orange and King of England, Scotland and Ireland), Christoph Bernhard von, Bishop of Münster Galen, Jacob de L'Ambre (mentioned on object), 1672 - 1674, paper, drypoint, h 288 mm × w 423 mm
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License: Licensed
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