The inverted world, c. 1576 - 1608 print The print shows a landscape where a farm is looted in the background by a group of soldiers. In the foreground, a rebus is depicted that allegorical comments on the political situation in the Netherlands in 1576-1579. The Rebus must be read from left to right. On the far left are the personifications of Nijd (Nijt) and War (Wreet). Together they hold a huge reverse globe. A goat (with) between them and a praying cord (Gheveijnst) completes the first sentence: 'Nijt and Gheveijnst Wreet Hout de Weerelt is'. In the middle of the print is the sign of Trouw
The inverted world, c. 1576 - 1608 print The print shows a landscape where a farm is looted in the background by a group of soldiers. In the foreground, a rebus is depicted that allegorical comments on the political situation in the Netherlands in 1576-1579. The Rebus must be read from left to right. On the far left are the personifications of Nijd (Nijt) and War (Wreet). Together they hold a huge reverse globe. A goat (with) between them and a praying cord (Gheveijnst) completes the first sentence: 'Nijt and Gheveijnst Wreet Hout de Weerelt is'. In the middle of the print is the sign of Trouw (two connected hands), a duck (Ende) and the sleeping, naked personification of love (love sleeps). This sentence reads as follows: 'Loyal and Love Slaags'. Finally, the far right are a turf (soo), a sole roof (den) and the personification of time (tyt) that opens a book with a rolling role on the left page and a ladder and the letter T (learns) on the right -hand page. The last sentence reads 'soo den Tyt does learn'. paper etching / engraving 'mundus inversus', the reversed world, the topsy-turvy world, 'le monde bestourné'. Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Father Time, man with wings and scythe. Charity, 'Caritas'; 'Carità ' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues. Cruelty, Ferocity; 'Crudeltà', 'Ferocità' (Ripa). Faithfulness, 'Bona Fide'. plundering ~ soldiers. rebus
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