'Die vanit Oudt legher door hongher ende noodt gheuen hen op, ende bidden lyfs ghenade ...', 1612. Artist: Antonio Tempesta.

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'Die vanit Oudt legher door hongher ende noodt gheuen hen op, ende bidden lyfs ghenade ...', 1612. Illustration depicting an episode from the Batavian rebellion leaded by Gaius Julius Civilis against the Romans in 69 AD. On the back a fragment from the book IV of the Histories by Tacitus. After Otto van Veen (1556-1629). From Batavorum cum Romanis bellum : a Corn. Tacito lib. IV. & V. Hist. olim descriptum, figuris nunc aeneis expressum = De batavische oft oude Hollandtsche oorloghe teghen de Romeynen, by Otto van Veen. [Philip Lisaert, Antwerp, 1612]

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