Destruction of the Aristocracy, decoration on the Westermarkt, 1795, Image of the Decoration on the Westermarkt in Amsterdam, Erected on the occasion of the Alliance with Vrankryk MDCCXCV (title on object), Ten decorations at the Alliance Festival in Amsterdam in 1795 (series title), The Destruction of the Aristocracy, allegorical decoration erected on the Westermarkt in Amsterdam during the Alliance Festival on June 19, 1795. Hercules (the Dutch people) defeats the seven-headed hydra (aristocracy and family government). Part of a series of ten plates., print, print maker: anonymous, after

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