Parrot Shooting, Contest between Beggars and Monks, anonymous, 1566 print Papegaaiites. Competition prize shooting or bird shooting with arrow and arch around the parrot. On the left a group of Geuzen shoots with straight arrows, shooting the Catholics on the right with crooked arrows so that they do not touch their goal. The Geuzen have already shot the bird of the Inquisition and keep it up like a trophy. In the middle a long pole with on top of the parrot or bird. Allegory of the battle around the introduction of the Spanish Inquisition, ca. 1566. Above 2 cartouches with 4 lines each in Dut
Parrot Shooting, Contest between Beggars and Monks, anonymous, 1566 print Papegaaiites. Competition prize shooting or bird shooting with arrow and arch around the parrot. On the left a group of Geuzen shoots with straight arrows, shooting the Catholics on the right with crooked arrows so that they do not touch their goal. The Geuzen have already shot the bird of the Inquisition and keep it up like a trophy. In the middle a long pole with on top of the parrot or bird. Allegory of the battle around the introduction of the Spanish Inquisition, ca. 1566. Above 2 cartouches with 4 lines each in Dutch. Low Countries paper Reformation (Roman Catholic Church vs. Protestantism). shooting-the-bird (on a high pole)
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