The Death of Don Juan and the Humiliation of Alva, 1578. Political allegory in which Don Juan is shot through with an arrow by Death on horseback. On the left in the foreground, the Duke of Alva crawls chained over the ground like Nebuchadnezzar. On the right, the hand of God writes words on the wall. On the ground, a pile of bodies of Spaniards who died earlier in battle; on the left, a group of standing figures, including Egmond and Horne, look on. In the background the statue of Alva from the Citadel of Antwerp. With inscriptions and bible texts in the representation Dutch and French, with a caption of 4 verses of 4 lines in Dutch and French., print, picture, propaganda print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 225 mm, width 286 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1578 - 1578, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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