Allegory of the Twelve Years' Truce, 1609, Large allegory of the Twelve Years' Truce, 1609. The personification of Treves, the Truce, sitting on a gun carriage with cannon converted into a triumphal cart, between the personifications of Disciplina (Disciplina) and Prosperity (Prosperitas). In front is Father Jan Neyen, next to the cart are King James I of England and King Henry IV of France. Behind the cart the chained War (Bellum) and a group of soldiers. Under the wheels of the cart Misery (Calamitas) and Fornication (Licentia) are crushed. The cart pulled by a team of horses ridden by Archduke Albrecht and Isabella Clara Eugenia and led by Modesty (Modestia) and Love of the Fatherland (Amor Patriae) arrives at two stages from the left to the free Netherlands (with Maurits and a member of the States) and on the right, the Netherlands under the Archduke (with Philip III and Spinola). In the clouds, Mars leaves his chariot to embrace Venus., print, print maker: anonymous, print maker: Hessel Gerritsz, (attributed to), after drawing by: David Vinckboons, Northern Netherlands, 1609, paper, etching, height, 390 mm × width, 900 mm
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