Fishing for Souls Fishing for Souls Fishing for Souls Soul fishing: allegory of the zeal of the different religions during the Twelve Year Truce between the Dutch Republic and Spain, Soul fishing: allegory of the zeal of the different religions during the Twelve-year File (1609-1621) between the Dutch Republic and Spain. In a river landscape there are large groups of people on both banks of the river, on the water there are some rowing boats. A rainbow on the horizon. On the left the Protestants and their supporters, the princes of Orange, Maurice and Frederick Henry, Frederick V of the Palatinate, James I, King of England and the youthful Louis XIII, King of France with his mother Maria de 'Medici. Protestant fishermen sit in the boat in the foreground, their nets are marked with Fides, Spes and Charitas. On the right are the Catholics and their supporters: the Archdukes Albrecht and Isabella, General Ambrosio Spinola and the Pope carried by cardinals. In the Catholic boat, priests led by a bishop fishing, trying to win souls, fishing for souls, rowing boat, canoe, etc, fish, functionaries and dignitaries, Protestant churches, organization, functionaries and dignitaries in Roman Catholic church, clergy in general, river, rainbow, pope, portrait, self-portrait of artist, the (True) Church vs.. other churches and ideas, Netherlands, Spain, Maurits (Prince of Orange), Frederik Hendrik (Prince of Orange), Albrecht Archduke of Austria, Infante of Spain Isabella Clara Eugenia, Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne, Jan Neyen, Maria de'Medici, Louis XIII (King of France), James I (King of England), Ambrogio Spinola (Marquis de los Balbases), Frederick V (Elector of the Palatinate, King of Bohemia), Elisabeth Stuart (Elector of the Palatinate, Queen of Bohemia), Willem Teellinck, 1614, panel, oil paint (paint), painting, support: h 98.5 cm × w 187.8 cm sight size: h 97 cm × w 186.7 cm frame: h 121.1 cm × w 211 cm

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