In the foreground on the left, the personification Patience (Patientia), surrounded by weaponry. She holds the cross and the Lamb of God sits on her lap. Next to her is a Bible. She has her eyes turned toward heaven, toward the tetragram of God. In the foreground on the right is Poverty (Paupertas). He is dressed as a lame beggar and chases away evil boys with his staff. In the background the horrors of the Eighty Years' War. On the left the Spanish Furie of 1576, when Antwerp was sacked by Spanish soldiers and the town hall was set on fire. On the right, the robberies by Spanish troops in the

---

Size: 5160px × 3754px
Location:
Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1576, antwerp, background, beggar, bible, boys, brabant, chases, countryside, cross, dressed, evil, eyes, faith, fire, foreground, furie, god, hall, heaven, holds, horrors, image, interpreted, lamb, lame, lap, left, patience, patientia, patiently, paupertas, personification, poverty, protestant, request, robberies, sacked, set, setbacks, sits, soldiers, spanish, staff, steadfast, surrounded, tetragram, times, town, troops, turned, wait, war, weaponry, years