Cartoon on Spinola's money shortage, 1624, Cartoon on Spinola's money shortage, 1624. Spinola on horseback is at a loss because he has no money to pay his soldiers' wages. De Faam brings him the news of the conquest of Salvador in Brazil by the Dutch (May 10, 1624). On the left, the sailors of ships from the West Indies bring the rich booty to the Dutch Virgin. In the distance the city of Breda under siege by Spinola, on the right the Spanish council of war. On the sheet below the plate four columns of text and Dutch with a dialogue, two verses and the legend 1-9., print, print maker: Monogrammist AVS, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1624, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, height, 282 mm × width, 350 mm
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