Allegory on the First Great Meeting, 1651, The greatest power, Is Unity, Where Tweedracht lords, 't Rijck haest wart (title on object), Allegory on Unity achieved at the First Great Meeting of the States General, held in the Ridderzaal from January 18 to 21, 1651. Meeting convened after the death of Prince William II on November 6, 1650. Two soldiers tie seven arrows into a bundle on an altar. Surrounding it are the virgins of the eight provinces: Gelderland, Friesland, Utrecht, Holland, Overijssel, Zeeland, Zutphen and Groningen. In the air putti with wreaths and trumpet with peace. In the

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