Allegory on the political situation in the year 1673, De Rechte Weeg-Scaal (title on object), Allegory on the political situation in the year 1673. In a scale in the hand of God, the freedom of the Republic is weighed with the Bible and tables of the law against the money and weapons of the enemies of the Republic. On the left, personifications of France and the German bishops are punished by Jupiter in the clouds. In the background a sea battle and the setting sun. Below the scene a verse in two columns., print, print maker: anonymous, publisher: Hieronymus Sweerts, (mentioned on object

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