Allegory of the decline of the Netherlands' prosperity due to domestic strife and the war with England, 1799 The Dutch Virgin lies sick in bed in the remains of a ruined building, Mercury trade and the Dutch lion languishing at her feet On the right, William of Orange, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and Michiel de Ruyter look on defeated With eight-line verse in two columns in the margin, Allegory of the Decline of the Prosperity of Holland, 1799 Lands Kranke Maagd, print maker: anonymous, publisher: Izaak de Jongh, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1799 - 1805, paper, h 407 mm × w 478 mm

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