Allegory on the Act of Guarantee from 1788, allegorical representation, probably referring to the Act of Guarantee from 1788 in which the hereditary stadtholdership was guaranteed. Stadtholder William V stands, accompanied by his two sons, at the tomb of William of Orange. Opposite him are three directors. On the left, Father Time fights the monster of Slander, on the right a monument with portraits of William V's predecessors. In the background, massacres committed among the Dutch by the Duke of Alva. The picture comes with an explanation., print, print maker: anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1788, paper, etching, engraving, height, 243 mm × width, 382 mm
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