The battle for the Golden Stick, 1608 The battle for the Golden Stick, 1608. The beach fight a Dutch captain and a Spaniard to a stick which they both hold with one hand. In the background, six spectators Where: under Prince Maurice (left) and King Henry IV of France (center). The draw game represents the battle between the Republic and Spain for supremacy in the East Indies and the West Indies, the golden stick bestows riches. At the top of the performance in a cartouche a verse of 4 lines in Dutch: An old Boater Monickendam etc. In the background left a cross and a hunter shooting at geese,
The battle for the Golden Stick, 1608 The battle for the Golden Stick, 1608. The beach fight a Dutch captain and a Spaniard to a stick which they both hold with one hand. In the background, six spectators Where: under Prince Maurice (left) and King Henry IV of France (center). The draw game represents the battle between the Republic and Spain for supremacy in the East Indies and the West Indies, the golden stick bestows riches. At the top of the performance in a cartouche a verse of 4 lines in Dutch: An old Boater Monickendam etc. In the background left a cross and a hunter shooting at geese, with this inscription: neither Leeve the guesen. Right scales from the sky in which a ship is weighted against a female personification (Liberty?), Hereby state: alive and Leeven Laet. The print is used in a pamphlet against the peace negotiations for the file in the year 1608. Manufacturer : print maker: anonymous location manufacture: Northern Netherlands Date: 1608 Physical characteristics: etching material: paper Technique: etching dimensions: plate edge: H 142 mm × W 190 mm Subject: tug- of-wars cale negotiations for the Twelve Year Truce When: 1608 - 1608Wie: East India Company Dutch West India Company Maurice (prince of Orange) Henry IV (king of France and Navarre)
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